Still Not Time To Panic Over Spiller Holdout

the fact that Spiller is just the latest in a long line of recent first-round holdouts for the Bills is perhaps the most irritating trend of all

Didn’t I say something similar a few days ago? Ok, I might of used the word Bum but in essence this is what I was referring to.

I long for the day when our team get’s back to respectability, a day when players actually want to play in Buffalo.

actually want to play in Buffalo

I think he’s just pissed that the coach called him a “waterbug” – who wouldn’t be?

Al Davis has worked his ridiculous magic and is messing with two teams in the AFC east. There is a huge gap between number 8 and number 10 and sitting in the middle is our boy Spiller. The reason for the gap is a ridiculous contract from Al Davis and now Spiller’s agent is looking for money and incentive closer to the 8 slot so everything gets mucked up. It’s the same thing causing the Revis holdout in NYC, which personally I’m thrilled about so we get one Al Davis bonehead move that helps us and one that hurts. In the long run Spiller will sign soon and all us Bills fans can relax and pray that Revis stays held out.

Michael Crabtree’s lengthy holdout was a catalyst for Maybin’s issues, first and foremost, so circumstances that the Bills nor Maybin’s agent could control were affecting progress.

I’m sure this grates more people than just me. Maybin and his agent were in control of Maybin and his agent. Maybin could have been the initial first rounder to sign and set the bar. Instead, Maybin and his agent were worried about being seen as signing for too little….which still would have been more than the 2008 pick at Maybin’s slot got. I can’t wait for that rookie pay scale…

I think it was said on here that Spiller isn’t in the typical position of a first round running back….. he is trying to negotiate with a team that already has 2 starting caliber RB’s. Kinda tough to get a fair estimate on performance based incentives when playing time/touches are going to be limited….. base money is base money, but IMO, it’s the nebulous performance incentives that are holding things up. That being said, I was mentioning to a friend last night that, IN BUFFALO, where a slow economy and high taxation is prevalent, fans will turn quickly on a professional athlete who holds out for whatever reason simply based on the fact that the $$$ these guys get seems like an unimaginable amount to the blue collar fan base. This fact has been evident in many posts on this subject here at Rumblings…… Let’s not kick the hell out of this kid until he actually says something to deserve it or hinders the progress of out team.

I can’t wait for that rookie pay scale…

Good grief – If you’re making MILLIONS, what’s a few hundred thousand. I received a 2.1% raise this year, first in 3 years, for crying out loud. Sign the papers and play.

In the new CBA some form of rookie pay scale has to be put in place. 50m, 40m, 35m. 36.75m,34m, 26m, 23m that is the guaranteed money that the sign draft picks before Spiller are receiving.

It is insane to be paying players these absorbent amounts of $$$‘s without a player ever taking a snap. The sad fact is most the players might be average at best but will be earning superstar money. I don’t see how this cannot affect the NFL in a negative way in the long run. The trickle down effect will continue to be that the fans will feel the pinch. We continually see increases in prices for NFL goods, tickets, Direct TV etc etc. Not to mention where is the incentive for players to succeed if they already have millions sitting in the bank!!!!

The NFL at this rate of rookie 1st rounders will end up like baseball where a utility player is making 5m.

The NFL and the Players Union better come to some type of an agreement before they kill the GOOSE that lays the golden eggs!!!

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if i can remember marshawn lynch signed after one day of missed practice and leodis mckelvin only missed 2 days of missing practice, so actually they are able to sign roockies every year it just takes some time for some of them.

My guess with Spiller is that we can blame the Raiders for not negotiating better. They gave McClain a ~20% increase over last year’s slot, whereas the 10th and 11th picks got a normal increase over last year’s slotted amount. Spiller’s agent would argue for a McClain-type contract, but the Bills would want to stay within their financial parameters because the other contracts around him are more of a guide.

I dont understand why the rookies feel they need so much money to play when they havn’t proved themselves yet, they should be happy they are even in the NFL!

People need to remember professional athletes are not in an everyday industry. Their industry is billionaire owners and million dollar players. They aren’t working at the plant or the corporate offices. Buffalo is a blue collar city with pro sports franchises worth hundreds of millions. Players have a skill most in the blue collar city or any other city don’t have and they should get paid what the market will bare. If they want a couple hundred extra thousand dollars on top of the millions they will make that’s their right.

Don’t compare yourselves to them. Wherever you work, if some other company was willing to pay you more for the same job, you would probably go work there or try to get your boss to pay you on the same level. If, just out of school, various law firms are making you offers you will take the one with the best terms. It’s simple economics. The players have unique skills. It’s strange to me that folks spend so much time worrying about another man’s money. I’m all for a rookie wage scale because I think the money should go to vets who have proven themselves, but until that system exists there is no reason to whine about the rookies getting the money they feel they deserve. They are the ones who will take the physical pounding and the effects that go with it, not me.

And can we stop with the inferiority complex? It’s beyond old. Spiller was in Buffalo all spring. He’s from a small town in Florida. Not a small city, a small town. Buffalo probably has more to do if that’s a concern for him. Some folks on here need to get some pride. Buffalo isn’t the biggest city, it isn’t amazingly cosmopolitan, but it’s got a lot that’s good about it and reflects what a good majority of the country is. Small cities and towns. There are only so many “big” cities. Many players play in places that wouldn’t qualify and live and work happily in those places. Pay well and build a winning organization and they won’t go anywhere nine times out of ten.