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• djw5017 said August 22, 2008

  He needs a new agent.... He will be virtually useless this season when he finally joins the rest of the team

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• Harvey_Bars said August 22, 2008

  I'm not holding out, I've just been busy at work and haven't been writing that muc.....oh, different Harvey. Sorry.

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• Justwannawinna said August 22, 2008

  lol harvey.....

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• rburks7 said August 25, 2008

  He will sign, the agent can't afford to lose that much money that a holdout and lower future pick would entail. If the Jags reduced the offer $400K a week, he would sign sooner—as long as the Jags don't waiver. That will also make the game cheaper for everyone. If they give in to get him in camp a couple of weeks sooner which I suspect will happen, then all agents will push the envelope even more. There is no incentive for the agent to have a contract signed before game 1, so unless the player pushes for the signing, the agent won't rush—no agent money in a player signing even a day earlier. Soon, football will be a past sport I watched like baseball. Then, the NY, MS, and few high market teams will compete until the NFL ultimately collapses.

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• rburks7 said August 25, 2008

  Currently, there is no incentive for the agent to have a contract signed before game 1, so unless the player pushes for the signing, the agent won't rush. The team could change that formula by offering a lower salary. Increasing the sakary encourages the bad agent behavior--it would be stupid for an agent on his own to accept an early contract if he thinks the team will legitamately increase the offer.

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