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jemach
sure he could have held out. And he would have never made up that money.
Now...do the Rams make the Super Bowl without Donald? No way. But...the Rams make their money...Donald or no Donald.
So, while the Rams may not have had all the cards...they had a better hand. Fortunately, they decided to kind of "split the pot."
Remember it's mostly some fans who say all the player cares about is the money.
Players often think and talk very differently about contracts. They often see it in terms of the value of the contract and what it says about their standing in the league and at their position. Viewed that way, being shortchanged is an insult.
Fact is, again, players hold out for trades all the time, and stars get traded. This whole idea that teams have total leverage over them is an illusion. In reality it doesn;t work that way.
