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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla
I bet he did. He could have taken significantly less to stay and Bert would have gone with that. It might not have been the best choice for him, but I imagine he could have done it.
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It's tougher for us to say than for a player to do, though. Most guys will be unemployed before they hit age 35 and have to live off of their earnings for the rest of their lives. Meanwhile, they've got people coming out of the woodwork to ask them to help them out financially. Everyone they know is telling them to get as much as they possibly can, while they can - especially agents who are financially tied to whatever deal they get. And even on top of that, the top players are told that they need to get as much as they can to set the market for other players at their position. It just goes on and on.
It's absolutely possible for someone to take a team-friendly deal, but if someone told me I could take $10m this year from the Chiefs or go play for the Raiders for $15m, it sure would be hard for me to say that extra $5m isn't worth it.