Peyton Manning takes LESS $$ than is offered

Hugh Freaking Dillon

He signed a 5 year $90 million deal with the Colts. He was offered $20 million per year, but he counter offered the lower amount so the Colts could spend the money elsewhere on the team to make the team better.

"Sure, that's pocket change to him" you say. But still, what pro athlete has ever done that? And let's look at it in relative terms.......if I make X amount of dollars per year (the amount is irrelevant), and they offer me a 5% raise, how many people would say "you know what, give me 4%, and spend the other 1% somewhere else in the company".

NO ONE WOULD.

pjfan31

I've only heard the name, don't know who he is NFL player?

well good on him... ridiculous amount of money

mookeywrench

..if I make X amount of dollars per year (the amount is irrelevant), and they offer me a 5% raise, how many people would say "you know what, give me 4%, and spend the other 1% somewhere else in the company".

how many people would say "you know what, give me 4%, and spend the other 1% somewhere else in the company and print this good deed in the media so that it gains national attention and I'll be a seen as true team player and genuine leader".

Intangible benefit > monetary cost

pjfan31

We've had people here (though its rare) stay in a team for cheaper....

We don't deal in that sort of money. In the NRL there is a salary cap of $3m per season pocket quite low considering it is one of our premier sports in the country...

The reason why they take less is to chase a premiership... Is it about the $$$ or the title?

DS1119

mookeywrench wrote:

..if I make X amount of dollars per year (the amount is irrelevant), and they offer me a 5% raise, how many people would say "you know what, give me 4%, and spend the other 1% somewhere else in the company".

how many people would say "you know what, give me 4%, and spend the other 1% somewhere else in the company and print this good deed in the media so that it gains national attention and I'll be a seen as true team player and genuine leader".

Intangible benefit > monetary cost

+1

The Fixer

this all came after his agent turned down muliple offers to make him the highest paid player in the NFL because peyton wanted more money

the guy makes enough in endorsements. I know he has re-done his contract to help out the colts, but he's not a boyscout

the thread title here is just wrong. peyton is solid until the pressure is on...his ring is a joke. 3 TDs, 7 picks...way to lead your team to a title nerd (he also could never beat florida...year after he left tennessee, TEE MARTIN won the NC).

he's a great QB, that chokes when it matters

PJ88

Ted Williams gave back a portion of his salary when he felt that his performance did not justify the pay. I want to say that happened in the 50's.

DS1119

Yeah, alot of athletes have "restructured their contracts" or "taken less for their team". Not really anything new.

youngster

Tom Brady took less at the end of the 06 season so that they could sign Randy Moss. Re-structured his contract so that the team could sign Moss and still stay under the cap.

Also, Larry Bird had signed a contract for X amount of years in the 80's and because of his severe back problems that forced him to retire, he gave the last year ssalary back to the team. Legally he could have kept it because it was a signed contract but he did the decent thing and never accepted that money.

Good for Peyton though. I personally don't like him as a player because he is my fave team's rival and the one team that we seem to always play in the playoff's. But as a person I'm sure he's a great guy and I enjoy the commercials he does. Classy thing he did for his team. Hope he never wins a SB again though.

The Waiting Trophy Man

And in other news, seniors and people with disabilities may not get their social security cheques next week. what a messed up society.

The Juggler

The Waiting Trophy Man wrote:

And in other news, seniors and people with disabilities may not get their social security cheques next week. what a messed up society.

what a bunch of nonsense that is.

neilybabes86

The Waiting Trophy Man wrote:

And in other news, seniors and people with disabilities may not get their social security cheques next week. what a messed up society.

I was thinking of that yesterday while reading all these free agent signing

Might have to go into work at 1am tonight to open on London time :?

Oh boy

chadwick

The Waiting Trophy Man wrote:

And in other news, seniors and people with disabilities may not get their social security cheques next week. what a messed up society.

+1

81

neilybabes86 wrote:

Might have to go into work at 1am tonight to open on London time :?

Oh boy

should have taken monday off

neilybabes86

81 wrote:

neilybabes86 wrote:

Might have to go into work at 1am tonight to open on London time :?

Oh boy

should have taken monday off

Partner is on vacation this week...it wasn't an option

chadwick

does ed & guys each make $20 mill a year?
i highly doubt it

The Juggler

chadwick wrote:

does ed & guys each make $20 mill a year?
i highly doubt it

no. but they are not hurting.

chadwick

The Juggler wrote:

chadwick wrote:

does ed & guys each make $20 mill a year?
i highly doubt it

no. but they are not hurting.

oh i know that. and i love ed and the guys and am not taking shit on them.

when ed and guys and peyton manning retire and or become disabled they won't get paid because their government is bankrupt

manning and vedder better have cash buried in the sand somewhere
yes/no?

high dollar atheletes scare the hell out of me.
it shows the truth of were our priorities lie.
very scary to me

(im moving to a cave in Poland)...(goodbye)

Ledbetterman10

So apparently he's not greedy enough to take what's offered but his ego is big enough to take almost the exact contract Brady has.

youngster

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

So apparently he's not greedy enough to take what's offered but his ego is big enough to take almost the exact contract Brady has.

Manning and Brady are the best NFL QB's since Montana and Elway. They should be making top $$ for their position. I agree that 18M per season is insane but that is what the market calls for. Many baseball players make more than that so it's all relative.

Ledbetterman10

youngster wrote:

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

So apparently he's not greedy enough to take what's offered but his ego is big enough to take almost the exact contract Brady has.

Manning and Brady are the best NFL QB's since Montana and Elway. They should be making top $$ for their position. I agree that 18M per season is insane but that is what the market calls for. Many baseball players make more than that so it's all relative.

Yeah baseball players are all way overpaid so let's not even compare them. I know that Manning and Brady are great. But this rhetoric that the Colts (and NFL.com for that matter) are spouting out is silly. Peyton took less than offered. But even that is still the tied for the most all-time. If he took less than Brady, I'd say he was trying to help the team. But man, Peyton has made more money than any NFL player ever and they still feel they have to break the bank for him.