Jroc04 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Annnnd? Howie is converting 8+M of his 11+M salary this year to 2 large bonuses. 1 now and 1 in September. His amount of money doesn't change. It's just distributed differently. The notion that Brandon did the restructure solely for himself is silly. All he "gains" out of the deal is that he gets this years money upfront. Whether or not that's beneficial is a personal preference. Either way, it's money that he was getting anyway barring any ridiculous circumstance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesPeteC Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 14 minutes ago, Jroc04 said: Annnnd? Howie is converting 8+M of his 11+M salary this year to 2 large bonuses. 1 now and 1 in September. His amount of money doesn't change. It's just distributed differently. The notion that Brandon did the restructure solely for himself is silly. All he "gains" out of the deal is that he gets this years money upfront. Whether or not that's beneficial is a personal preference. Either way, it's money that he was getting anyway barring any ridiculous circumstance. You have to be just messing with me at this point. There is no way you can't see getting a big *** guaranteed check right now instead of waiting to maybe get a check next year is not "personal preference". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phire Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 The point you're missing is that @Jroc04 (and I) are saying both can be true at the same time. It's both a self-serving move AND a nice gesture. You can do both. It doesn't have to be one or the other. Just because you do something self-serving, that doesn't mean that the gesture doesn't exist. Nobody is denying that the move is self-serving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phire Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 You start a restaurant to make money, a purely self-serving intent. As a result you create paying jobs and feed people. You restructure your contract to get more guaranteed money sooner. As a result your franchise has more cap space to pay other players. YOUR ARGUMENT IS THAT IF THE FIRST SENTENCES IN THOSE EXAMPLES ABOVE ARE TRUE, THEN YOU NEVER GET TO THE SECOND SENTENCE. We're saying that both sentences exist and are true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jroc04 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Agreed @Phire I also don't want to pretend I know the guys financial situation. I'm sure he isn't hurting. But maybe he really needed some liquid money. I dunno. Maybe he has bad spending habits and weekly checks save him from depleting his funds for the year. Sports players aren't the best with finances. Personally, I wouldn't want my salary paid fully at the beginning of each year. But that's me. But, as Phire mentions, the notion as that it is just a self serving act is short sighted. It can be mutually beneficial to both and even terciary parties involved. As it is here. No one is saying give the guy a humanitarian award. But he should be recognized for doing something that also benefits the team, as well as a teammate directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesPeteC Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 1 minute ago, Jroc04 said: Agreed @Phire I also don't want to pretend I know the guys financial situation. I'm sure he isn't hurting. But maybe he really needed some liquid money. I dunno. Maybe he has bad spending habits and weekly checks save him from depleting his funds for the year. Sports players aren't the best with finances. Personally, I wouldn't want my salary paid fully at the beginning of each year. But that's me. But, as Phire mentions, the notion as that it is just a self serving act is short sighted. It can be mutually beneficial to both and even terciary parties involved. As it is here. No one is saying give the guy a humanitarian award. But he should be recognized for doing something that also benefits the team, as well as a teammate directly. We've spent entirely too much time arguing the tiny details of a restructured contract. I think I need a hobby. Perhaps I'll do cross-stitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phire Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 1 hour ago, EaglesPeteC said: We've spent entirely too much time arguing the tiny details of a restructured contract. This and talking about Nick Foles' nine-incher pretty much sums up this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlesthought Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Cool. Can he (and possibly BDN) say after the draft "hey rookie(s) you owe me!"?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
808 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Lane and BB making the Eagles right side of the Oline look like a Geico commercial, where you’re sure to save a substantial amount of money on your salary cap insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oland11 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Can we reopen that thread where someone jumped the gun a couple of weeks ago on a B.B. restructure that didn’t actually happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jroc04 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 50 minutes ago, oland11 said: Can we reopen that thread where someone jumped the gun a couple of weeks ago on a B.B. restructure that didn’t actually happen? We owe @RollEagles an apology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeaponX Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 16 minutes ago, Jroc04 said: We owe @RollEagles an apology. It was meant to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phire Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 12 hours ago, Jroc04 said: We owe @RollEagles an apology. I forgot about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey5djh Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 13 hours ago, Jroc04 said: We owe @RollEagles an apology. I gave him a like he didn't earn....that's kinda like the same thing right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey5djh Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Also....is anyone else concerned about all these restructures? I know its all rainbows and unicorns right now because we're Super Bowl champs and reaping lower cap hits this year but in the long term all of these restructures are creating a "guaranteed money" timebomb that will blow up on the Eagles in a few years......right around the time we need to resign Ginger Jesus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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