Le'veon Bell holdout

IMO, part of Bell's decision was sticking it to the Steelers organization. I don't believe it was purely financial.

He would never admit it.

 

I wouldn't sign that *******. Selfish.........Bad Teammate.

 

Fix the O-line. Don't sign Bell.

 

What he did to Pittsburgh was messed up. Greed.

 

Yeah it was. Almost as messed up as what he did to my fantasy team!

 

he isn't really sticking it to them. they're not exactly missing him and they didnt have to shell out the money he was looking for

 

Yup. Betting that the Steelers are pretty happy with how things turned out. They're saving a $hitload of money with Conner.

I usually side with teams in these situations but will say Bell probably did the smart thing by just sitting out the rest of the season. Yes he won't recoup the total $14M lost but since $7M of it was gone already, not sure the remaining $6.8M was worth risking injury. Someone will pay him this off season, the only thing that would impede that is injury.

 

its going to be interesting to see what his next destination and contract will look like

 

That was his intention IMO. He had no idea they would turn around their season like this.

 

Well the Steelers could have just paid him. I don't under why fans always take the teams side. These are the guys putting their bodies on the line.

 

possibly but yeah the new gurley and DJ contracts that were completed didn't exactly help either

 

to be fair they offered him a contract in the summer. he declined

 

Before I was all for signing bell but now I just get a feel that when he signs with a team for a big contract watch him tear his acl I seriously hope not but.....

 

His guarantee was basically one year. Why would he sign that contract?

 

how did that offer compare to gurley, dj and freeman's when they signed?

 

Gurley got 45 mil guaranteed. Bell's deal was between 10-20 mil guaranteed.

 

gotcha

 

What I think is that when it comes playoff time, the Steelers are going to wish they had that little extra Bell would have provided. When things intensify, that experience and that extra step are significant.

 

I think the franchise tag is Unamerican. It's essentially forcing someone to play for you even if they don't want to.

 

No it's not. No one is required to sign the franchise tag, as we saw with LeVeon Bell. It's no more forcing someone to play for you than drafting them forces you to play for that team (and that's for 3-5 years depending on the sport, or even up to 10 years in MLB). Beyond that, it was an mutually agreed to idea negotiated between business owners and union members, which is about as American as it gets.