Olsen Debating Retiring

[NJPanthers12]

Apparently has big offers from ESPN and Fox 

 

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[Mr. Scot]

I expect he stays, but this is an offseason of very odd timing.

[PandaPancake]

Well maybe he gets another GM fired before he goes

[Captain Morgan]

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Report: FOX, ESPN pursuing Greg Olsen

[Waldo]

It's time man. He will be the first announcer I will have looked forward to hearing from in maybe ever

[YoungPanthers89]

Well no poo

[Paintballr]

He has 18.6 million reasons to continue playing this year and next. Unless fox or others guarantee him that much he will stay and play

[LinvilleGorge]

I love Greg Olsen, but I honestly hope he retires. Big men rarely recover from recurring foot injuries. That's just a ton of stress on some very small bones and connecting tissues. Freeing up that cap space could be key for us and Ian Thomas looks ready to go. Olsen is awesome on the mic and I think he'll make a great commentator/analyst. It may be time for him to start looking at life after football. He's certainly not the only current player looking to take this route and that door may not stay open permenantly.

It's been fun, Greg. You're a Panthers legend. Go become a legend on the mic now.

[Harbingers]

This is just dumb. Networks aren’t going to pay him more than he would make for another season. Even if he ends up on IR. 

[panthers55]

It sounds as if Fox is the only one really making a play for him. If he retires he loses his 3.4 million plus has to pay back some of his 11 million in signing bonus. I doubt they pay even 3.4 million for a season and honestly it will be there when he retires in 2 years. It isn't a once in a lifetime opportunity that goes away 

[TheSpecialJuan]

My boy G-reg

[Toomers]

     I’m just glad we made sure Greg was happy and got his lifetime achievement contract on his way out the door. We really didn’t need that 7.4M. 

[usmcpanthers]

espn will always be there, play while you can Greg

[kungfoodude]

They will likely not be offering anywhere near what his Panthers contract is worth. Unless he really just does not want to play football anymore, I don't see much chance of him choosing that option.