Originally posted by MadDog49er:
You are way too mellow, and for that I am vastly disappointed. 
Lol. Business is business...
Originally posted by MadDog49er:
I broke down Sanders' comments earlier in this thread, but I think it comes down to a couple of different things:
1) He is not telling the truth, or is exaggerating certain aspects of the story. The status of the story remains the same, an ugly contract impasse.
2) If he is telling the truth, it is a damaging blow to the Niners' position. If teams are willing to throw down big money for Crabtree, then it supports, to some degree, the position that Crabtree has an argument for a contract outside the 10th slot. It also allows Crabtree the leverage to simply walk away from the Niners, and head to the draft next year (or to a trade partner who is willing to throw down this money in March/April).
Of course, I have always stated that I do not know the truth in this matter, as I don't the truth on anything in regards to his contract. That is why I have appealed to the board (and then turned to sarcasm) to avoid getting worked up. Nobody knows what has been offered (the "sources" have been all over the place), and what has been asked for.
I missed your earlier comments, regarding this part of the situation. The pages fill up quick and it's alot of the same stuff over and over...
I guess my issue with it all, is not who gains leverage, but if in fact there was tampering. Goodell himself stated that it is not permissible for teams to express an interest in Crabtree. So, that means either Deion is lying, and has used his position as an NFL employee to help his "friend" in contract negotiations. Or he is telling the truth, and teams are dipping their hands in our cookie jar, so to speak. Which is tampering.
This irks me, for the simple reason there is not even an investigation by the league. Could it be that they do not want to expose Deion for his charade because he is an NFL employee, and therefore the league would be forced to admit to negligence by one of their own?
Shady stuff anyway you look at it, imo.