Shaq Thompson Talks Decision to Take Pay Cut to Remain in Carolina

[Pup McBarky]

Shaq is fine and all, but we can all say we were here for the rise of....

 

Bumper Pool

[shaq]

Shaq is one of my favorite Panthers all time, great dude and has done so much for our community. 
https://www.panthers.com/news/shaq-thompson-donates-meals-atrium-health

[ladypanther]

56 minutes ago, shaq said:

Shaq is one of my favorite Panthers all time, great dude and has done so much for our community. 
https://www.panthers.com/news/shaq-thompson-donates-meals-atrium-health

Good stuff.  Glad he is still a Panther.

[TheCasillas]

I was fortunate enough to play a round with shaq at piper glen (shared before in an older thread) and as a person…. He was one of the coolest people you could possibly meet.

[ThPantherFan]

7 hours ago, rayzor said:

Decision to stay was made easy when he realized there were very few FAs getting big money.

That's the sports game for you.

[ClawOn]

7 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Everyone that commented on here wanted Shaq's ass cut you damn hypocrites I'm totally disgusted 

Mostly the same that wanted Levis at 1

[onmyown]

9 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Everyone that commented on here wanted Shaq's ass cut you damn hypocrites I'm totally disgusted 

that’s because Shaq is not worth 20m a year he was about to be paid and wasn’t worth his contract as a whole, cutting a bloated contract and eating cap money is easy to do when your team looks like poo and won’t be competing any time soon

but for a fair price I don’t think anyone is against him being here

[jfra78]

7 hours ago, onmyown said:

that’s because Shaq is not worth 20m a year he was about to be paid and wasn’t worth his contract as a whole, cutting a bloated contract and eating cap money is easy to do when your team looks like poo and won’t be competing any time soon

but for a fair price I don’t think anyone is against him being here

The money was what it was and we had no control over it, but the vitriol that many had on this forum towards him as a player was outrageous.

[frankw]

52 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

The money was what it was and we had no control over it, but the vitriol that many had on this forum towards him as a player was outrageous.

He's been a great teammate and overall a great locker room presence. As far as his career it just has not panned out the way we had hoped in comparison to other notable Panthers linebackers. Some people don't like him but most in proper perspective like Shaq Thompson. As far as the money that was all unnecessary. But it was Thompson himself who took to Twitter to go on the attack toward anyone including Panthers fans who were suggesting he take a paycut. That just wasn't a good look on his part not in a time where so many financial burdens have been facing average Americans not making millions of dollars annually. But he realized that was not the path forward and corrected course. It's over and done with and most people are happy he's staying.

[KatsAzz]

Receiving a pay cut is never easy, especially when you're one of the two longest tenured players on a team.

But that's what had to happen in order for Shaq to remain with the Panthers.

Knowing that several free agents weren't set to get big deals, it became an easy decision for him.

[joemac]

17 hours ago, TheCasillas said:

I was fortunate enough to play a round with shaq at piper glen (shared before in an older thread) and as a person…. He was one of the coolest people you could possibly meet.

How’s his golf game?

[CanadianCat]

23 hours ago, Seltzer said:

Shaq is one of the most underrated Panthers in franchise history.

Tough act to follow behind Luke & TD, but he's much better than a lot of fans want to give him credit for

You forgot Mills, Morgan and Beason

[RumHam]

Hopefully Luvu elevates his game

[PootieNunu]

Only ever disliked Shaq because of his contract, great guy otherwise and cant blame him for taking the bag when he could. 

Glad he is here at a more reasonable rate.