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4 minutes ago, RpMc said:

Do tell!

Basically a simple 3 stage process. All free agents handled by the agency. 

 

Step one: Show interest. 

Ask the agent for the players your interested in the following question and we'll begin the process:

"What is your client, POS Player Name, looking for in his next NFL home?"

or "How do we keep your client, POS Player Name, happy here in LOCATION?"

Step two: Receive what the client's main focuses are

Some clients love the idea of location. Some are looking for good family stuff. Some want to know about the night life and partying scene. Some want to know about how they can contribute to the community off the field. Some just want to know they are being looked out for by a great training staff and have world class facilities.

All clients want a fair market deal though.

Step three: Send Initial Pitches.

Most pitches go through two rounds. The first round is who can hit on the client's needs the best while also offering at a minimum a fair market deal. It doesn't matter how sweet you talk if your contract's structure isn't worth looking at. ALSO, Structure matters. While it's nice to see 6-year, $120 million offers, some of these structures really make the deal a 3-year, $60 million deal. So why would the client sign that?

Be smart with your pitches. Offer money that makes sense. Structure it right. Understand that the players care as much about cash flow as they do about money in the contract. Guaranteeing money matters. But if we have two deals that are close? They're going with the better pitch overall. 

However, here's where round 2 comes in.

Step four: Final Pitches

Unless you've blown us away on the initial pitch, you will find out right here, what the market for the player is. You will see an average of the top three pitches the player received. That's his market. At this point, the player also likes where you are at with your sales pitch about the city. Some of you have made it this far despite being the lowest offer. Call this a reality check. This is what the player is actually receiving as his offers, so be smart. But be fair. At this point, the best structure wins. Not the most money, but the one that helps the client the most in the short and the long term. Be wise and fair about your offer here.

Step five: Welcome to the new team, Player.

Player will announce on his "personal twitter" in 3 tweets who he picked and why. The agent will then announce the details of the contract so everyone saw what it was and why their money offer was the best. It keeps it transparent for everyone as to how the process works.

there wouldn’t be calls of bias if everyone understood how it all worked other than maybe people not understanding why a guy would take a 5 year 45M deal over a 5 year 47 M deal in stage two when the first had 30 guaranteed but the second had 25 guaranteed. 

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12 minutes ago, baltimoreRebel said:

If there's any team in need of a slot receiver. 

I have made WR Willie Snead available for a late round selection. 

If you want an overrated, talentles schmuck, you could trade for Willie Snead.

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18 minutes ago, baltimoreRebel said:

If there's any team in need of a slot receiver. 

I have made WR Willie Snead available for a late round selection. 

We will give you next years 7th and a fax machine for Snead. Can post in the trade thread if accepted and I will confirm.

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