I hate to bring this up, but...

TheOak · 06-24-2013, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by biloxi-indian

Oak,

"That's correct, and he won his franchise tag appeal, he could have played under the tag and made more money last year and hit the market this year. But he didn't, he signed his contract.... "

The quote of "he could have played under the tag and made more money last year and hit the market this year". It is this part which is confusing to me... "hit the market this year" (2013) appears to be inconsistent with the "linky" thing you provided. i.e. the Saints had one more year to use an exclusive franchise tag for Brees.

I thought the CBA indicated a player can be "franchised" three times.

He can but there is an escalation clause to the franchise tag and years two and three are increased percentages over the franchise tag.

First franchise tag = franchise tag value for that year.
Second franchise tag = franchise tag + %
Third Franchise tag 2013 would have been 144% of the previous franchise tag - For a third Franchise tag Drew would have been paid 24m this year.... Or if not FT, he could have hit the market... Mind you "the market" this year for a top QB has increased significantly with the contracts of Flacco and Rogers.

In essence - Drew would have peen paid 40m with two franchise tags in 2012 and 2013 (if tagged twice by the Saints) then hit the market in 2014 and still gotten his huge contract. That being said the Saints would not have tagged him again in 2013 for 23.5m thus allowing him to hit the marker sooner.

Drew is not scheduled to make over 24m until 2015 with this contract.

06-24-2013, 09:40 AM	#19
TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,055	Re: I hate to bring this up, but... Originally Posted by biloxi-indian Oak, "That's correct, and he won his franchise tag appeal, he could have played under the tag and made more money last year and hit the market this year. But he didn't, he signed his contract.... " The quote of "he could have played under the tag and made more money last year and hit the market this year". It is this part which is confusing to me... "hit the market this year" (2013) appears to be inconsistent with the "linky" thing you provided. i.e. the Saints had one more year to use an exclusive franchise tag for Brees. I thought the CBA indicated a player can be "franchised" three times. He can but there is an escalation clause to the franchise tag and years two and three are increased percentages over the franchise tag. First franchise tag = franchise tag value for that year. Second franchise tag = franchise tag + % Third Franchise tag 2013 would have been 144% of the previous franchise tag - For a third Franchise tag Drew would have been paid 24m this year.... Or if not FT, he could have hit the market... Mind you "the market" this year for a top QB has increased significantly with the contracts of Flacco and Rogers. In essence - Drew would have peen paid 40m with two franchise tags in 2012 and 2013 (if tagged twice by the Saints) then hit the market in 2014 and still gotten his huge contract. That being said the Saints would not have tagged him again in 2013 for 23.5m thus allowing him to hit the marker sooner. Drew is not scheduled to make over 24m until 2015 with this contract.
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