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Leverage and no trade clauses

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32 minutes ago, Raleigh PF said:

Tell me the last time forcing a player to sit out worked well for the team that did it? In the end, the player ends up going elsewhere, happily or otherwise. 

You can make a case about Antonio Brown, but he was/is a nut case. Deshaun is not that.

Free agents will still sign with the Texans, but probably not big ones if Texans do that.

Hint: they won't.

Flipside, when was the last time an NFL player forced his way out and it worked well for either or both sides?

"Big" free agents are as rare as hen's teeth and it's not like the Texans were one of a small handful of desired locations in the first place --- McNair gives no f**** on that front.

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50 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

Watson likely has endorsements as well. There are incentives on both sides to get a decent deal done.

If you don't play in the NFL the endorsement go away in short order.

I really can't think of any meaningful "incentives" for the Texans as it goes to getting a "deal done"...

...possibly you could fill me in?

Keep in mind, I don't think Deshaun has the balls to fail to show up for camp....

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Look, we can talk all day about leverage, but one thing has always been true in sports: when a player wants out, it always happens. 

When is the last time a high-profile athlete publicly demanded out and it didn’t happen?

People also seem to be ignoring the idea that the Texans in all likelihood will suck again. They sucked last year despite Watson’s best season. Now they are older with no cap space and no first round pick. They will be bad. And the situation won’t get any better. 

Yes they have leverage but by keeping him you are absolutely wrecking your team chemistry. Watson will get traded without a doubt. 

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15 hours ago, AU-panther said:

yes, another Desean Watson post.

I see a lot of misinformation in all of these Watson threads so it might be good to explain how some of this works.

First of all the financial reasons Watson won't sit out too long:

So far in his career he has made about $40m.  Lets assume between agents and taxes he lost about 40% (speak up any accountants) of that, that leaves about $24m.

Sounds great, but $27m of that was a signing bonus, of which he has only played one year of.  According to Schefter they could actually go back after $21.6m.  

So if he has $24m and they can go after $21.6m, that only leaves $2.4m.  To most of us that is enough to live a lifetime but I'm guessing he has bigger bills than us.  I know he probably has some endorsement money also but overall he stands to lose a large percentage of his income.  

He needs his money way more than the Texans need theirs.  He won't sit out for an extend time or retire.  

 

 

In regards to the "no trade clause" it doesn't create as much leverage as some on here think. 

A "no trade clause" has the most leverage when a player DOESN'T want to be traded.  Example:

Team says, "Hey Desean, we are trading you to Minnesota", Desean says, "no thanks, I like it here, I have a no trade clause."

No trade clauses are mostly designed to help players NOT get traded.  Once a player says he wants to get traded he basically loses some of the leverage that the clause carries.  Example:

Desean says "I want to be traded".  Desean says, "I really want to go to the 49ers".  Teams says "we have better deals from the Jets and Panthers, you can choose between those two or you can not be traded at all"

The team knows Desean wants to leave, and they know if he wants to leave that bad he will go to most teams.

Don't get me wrong, the no trade clause helps, and yes Desean can sit out and it does hurt the team but he doesn't have all of the leverage like some on here think.

 

 

 

 

They're going after the money that he's scheduled to get paid, not the money he's already made. 

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13 hours ago, SizzleBuzz said:

If you don't play in the NFL the endorsement go away in short order.

I really can't think of any meaningful "incentives" for the Texans as it goes to getting a "deal done"...

...possibly you could fill me in?

Keep in mind, I don't think Deshaun has the balls to fail to show up for camp....

The biggest and simplest is that good luck building your new team around the new management when the QB is begging to get out... and when you could have multiple first rounders to turn things around with.  That's a ton of incentive to find a situation that benefits both sides.

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