Why Nnamdi Asomugha's Contract Matters

Everyone knows that Al Davis is a bonafide lunatic right now. No way in hell anyone else gives Nnamdi Asomugha that 15mil contract. It would be 12mil tops from anyone else. And someone should definitely remind Revis how saying that he wants to be a Jet for the rest of his career and not showing up are basically two contradictory statements in the sense that if he wants to be a Jet, he would show up to camp and put his team first and have his agent work adamantly to get a deal done. Can someone please get rid of Neil Schwartz? He’s single-handedly ruining one of the best talents we’ve ever had by whispering sweet nothings into his ear and making him think he’s bigger than the team.

John B…I couldn’t disagree with you more…I just can’t make up mind about you being ignorant or dumb….or maybe both?? You have an adult male who voluntarily signed a 6 year contract, as a rookie, to pay a game that just happens to pay him well and now because the player has played so well, he believes he can say “Sorry, Jets, you are aren’t paying me enough because I am the best at what I do…” Maybe Darrelle didn’t pay attention to his Business Law 101 class well enough (oops, my bad, I forgot…he went to Basket Weaving 101 instead) but a contract is a contract…he signed it and must own up to it. Keep in mind, that the JETS were responsible, in a very big way, to his succeeding and doing so well (i.E. Workout facility, trainers, nutritionists, and BIG MONEY to concentrate on doing on thing…becoming a better football player). He should honor the contract he voluntarily signed. Your workplace comparison is just ridiculous because almost all employers these days are “At will” employers…where if you don’t like working there (because someone is getting paid more than you and the work they do is inferior to your work)…no problem… you are free to go (and don’t let the door hit you in a$$ on the way out)…that is how the real Business World operates…spoiled brats like Darrelle…wouldn’t be able to survive there…because people who whine about their pay are simply shown the door. Be a REAL man for once Darrelle…shut your mouth, show up at camp and graciously accept the money you are being paid to play a game…or else you could always find a job a WAWA!

I understand why Darrelle signed a 6 year contract…he wanted the security that comes w/owning a six year deal for him and his family. But don’t sign a 6 year deal, if you feel you can outperform it in 3 or 4 years…sign a 4 year deal…and then be Free Agent…

Crackback, how do you know that Mike T promised to redo his contract this off-season? Did you talk to Mike T or did you hear it from Revis’s camp or a newspaper?

Great post Jon B. I like the perspective you took on this Revis contract situation. I know some low level share traders over at the NYSE. They are making money for their clients hand and fist, but imagine if one of the traders said to him or herself: Gee it doesn’t matter how much I sell these shares for as long as my client gets paid, Whether it’s $50 dollars a share or $100 my client will still be rich. Um yeah. This is capitalism 101folks. At the end of the day this is still the entertainment business where the best and the brightest can dictate to their employers how much they worth no matter what price was agreed upon originally. Revis just wants fair market. He plays in for a New York team which translates to the largest media market in the country.

I disagree also. They’re in the same market or field but not the same employer. If Company A pays their top guy X amount of money and he’s sucking the team dry til they go bankrupt, you better believe Company B is not going to pay their top guy that type of money…even if he’s better than the other guy.

Also while the team may not be as good as it is without Revis, it’s not like he was the entire team. This is football, not basketball. there are 11 players on the field, not 5. Revis was on the team before last year and they didn’t have the same success. The BIGGEST reason for the Jets’ success is Rex Ryan…and that’s another reason why we drafted Kyle Wilson.

Asomugha played out his entire rookie contract and was franchised one year…THEN he signed a fat free agent contract. Any analysis like yours that leaves out this critical fact is fundamentally flawed. If Revis wants Asomugha money, then he’ll have to play out his contract and get franchised before that happens. If Revis wants free agent money, then he’s going to have to wait to be a free agent- this is how the game is played.

As far as the argument that Mike T promised Revis a new contract goes, we don’t know exactly what was said, but you can be certain Mike T never said Revis would get paid Asomugha money as if he was a free agent. Mike T has kept his word and offered Revis various options Revis has rejected them all.

The ball is now in Revis’ court, but the penalties start accruing from day 1 and get far more serious once we hit August 10th.

You crazy New Yorkers are always good for a laugh. You people think because you say something that it is so. Much like you people did in the Horse of the Year voting, voting in RA over Zenyatta. Since the vote RA has lost 2 out of 3 Races against light competition and the Race she won was not even against graded runners. She has continued to duck Zenyatta just as she did in last years BCC. And the true Horse of the Year Zenyatta?, she just keeps on ticking and is still undefeated.

The Jets have never had a Hall of Fame Corner in their history while Al Davis and the Raiders have them in buckets. From turning safeties Lester Hayes and Nnamdi Asoughma into elite corners to stealing W. Brown from Denver and Mike Haynes from New England the Raiders know a top flight corner when they see one.

The market has been set and if the Jets want to run with the big boys pay up or get off the pot. There are many people with a Chevy Bankroll that want a Rolls but most are smart enough to know they are not getting a Rolls for the price of a Chevy.

The Jets have only themselves to blame. Who but an idiot would build up a player they were trying to sign long term and tell them they should be paid tops for a corner. Even worse who but an idiot would promise the player it would get done and then low ball the dude. The answer?, the Jets. Revis is not the first player to say they have been promised something that never happens by the Jets.

As for a top corner?, the only ones that matter in their opinion on a corner are the NFL QB’s. These NFL QB’s almost threw more balls at Revis in 2009 then they have thrown Nnamdi’s way in 2007, 2008 and 2009 combined. That is all one needs to know on who is a better corner. You people use to talk up Nate Clements and D Hall not long ago. When they put D Hall across from Nnamdi they eat him alive and punked him into becoming a laughing stock.

Revis is a good corner that looks better then he is because he plays on a top flight D that can pressure the QB. He is good and needs to get paid but is no Nnamdi as the QB’s in the NFL make very clear on who they throw on and who they do not.

Pay the man or get off the pot. For a team that has never had any Hall of Fame Corners you may have finally lucked onto one, pay the man or get out of the way. Big New York, cannot come up with the funds that an owner from a team in little old Oakland paid their own. And get off the the Jets need to be able to put a team around him. That is what the guys with short arms and deep pockets want you to believe, it is all bull.

Nnamdi doesn’t get paid the money just because he’s a great player he gets paid because he’s a good all around person. Nnamdi was upset about his contract because of the team not because of the pay and you did not see him hold out of camp when he didn’t get what he wanted like a spoiled brat. He gets paid to play and thats what he does and he does it well. It’s not just his ability that gets him paid it’s his character. Does Revis deserve to get paid. Yes I think he does but right now he is under an original contract so he should go out there and do his job. Don’t base what your getting paid on what some one on another team is getting paid

FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS ITS BEEN WHOS BETTER NNAMDI OR ? FIRST IT WAS CHAMP BAILEY KNOW ITS REVIS . LETS GO WITH FACT IN 16 GAMES LAST YEAR REVIS ALLOWED 38 RECEPTIONS . NNAMDI ALLOWED 13 THATS LESS THAN ONE A GAME COMPARED TO THE MORE THAN 2 FOR REVIS. REVIS SAW RANDY MOSS TWICE T.O TWICE OCHO CINCO TWICE AND SHUT THEM DOWN TRUE BUT HE SHADOWS THEM AND PLAYS ON A BETTER DEFENSE. NNAMDI SAW ANDRE JOHNSON ONCE HELD HIM UNDER A 100 YARDS AND NEVER SHADOWED HIM BRANDON MARSHALL TWICE VINCENT JACKSON TWICE AND DESEAN JACKSON ALL YOUNG RECEIVERS BETTER THAN THE DECLINING ONES WE GIVE REVIS CREDIT FOR SHUTTING DOWN. AND NNAMDI SHUT THEM ALL DOWN ALL HELD UNDER A 100 YARDS AND HE NEVER SHADOWED ANY OF THEM HE PLAYS ON HIS SIDE OF THE FIELD. BOTTOM LINE NNAMDI IS BETTER NOT WAY BETTER BUT BETTER HE PLAYS IN A MAN DEFENSE WITH LITTLE SAFETY HELP AND HAS BEEN SURROUNDED BY LESS THAN STELLAR COUNTERPARTS ON D FOR YEARS ALSO YOU CANT MAKE INTERCEPTIONS IF NO ONE THROWS THE BALL NEAR YOU WHILE REVIS MAY HAVE AN ISLAND NNAMDI OWNS HALF THE FIELD WHICH I GUESS EQUQTES IN GEOGRAPY TO THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. I WOULD TAKE THAT OVER AN ISLAND ANYDAY!!!! THE JETS ARE HYPE JUST LIKE REVIS IS HYPE I JUST THOUGHT JET FANS SHOULD KNOW THE FACTS GOOOOO RAIDERS