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How Antoine Winfield’s New Contract Could Change NFL’s Old Loyalty Standards
Published: July 26, 2009
A basketball, baseball, or hockey star may be locked in for tens of millions over multiple years, even as he begins to fade.
In most cases, players who fit that description and still have two working legs are guaranteed a roster spot as well, if only because their clubs are hesitant to pay them not to play.
In those sports, loyalty means giving a player a long-term that will almost certainly pay him more than he's worth late in his career. It's unlikely that Kevin Garnett will be a $21 million talent at age 36, for instance, or that Alex Rodriguez will be worth $27 million at 41.
But for NBA and MLB clubs, overpaying for those twilight seasons is standard operating procedure.
Football players enjoy no such long goodbyes: When an aging gridiron warrior's salary outstrips his value, he's simply cut loose.
It happens to record-setting quarterbacks (Daunte Culpepper), MVP rushers (Shaun Alexander), and defensive...
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