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Originally posted by CoachAlan
It really doesn't matter that he will be the highest paid tight end. In the NFL, if you're drafted early in round one, your position in the draft determines your salary, not your position on the field.
If they truly matched salaries with his draft position, then holding out is messed up.
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Yep, I wrote that only five short days ago. Since then, in my zeal to defend the high salary of the worker vs the owner, I forgot that Winslow was allegedly offered a fair deal (I don't know the exact details of the deal).
The NFL has stayed this good because it doesn't allow players' salaries to get out of line. In an article on the Browns' website, the team writes that they are negotiating with Winslow "with the integrity of the draft in mind."
Players need to respect the institution that has been run so well it can give them eight figure signing bonuses. I still contend that trying to get a raise is good, but biting the hand that feeds you, as Winslow appears to be doing, is obviously bad.
Anyway, high worker salaries = good. Rookie holdouts = bad. Your great points helped me remember what we were arguing about in the first place. I sit corrected.