You're funny. Did you happen to read what I wrote?
I dot get to decide, and sorry to tell you, but neither do you....
You know who does get to decide? The Rams. And guess what? They have already said that he deserves a new deal.
And unless you know what the terms are, you have no right to cast aspersions on Donald
Yes the Rams have said as much. I'm sure they are trying to do something. The player has changed the game mid budget, he's made his stand. The parameters are in place and the team has been working within those parameters, now the player steps forward and makes demands that take matters outside the workable parameters and the team has to suffer.
Here's where we differ: I don't give a shit about his deal. You on the other hand, continually refer to market value, contract terms, whats fair and whats not. I'm a blue collar guy, so I don't sympathize with people fighting for 120M when the offer is "only" 112M. My take is, get your ass to work while letting process plays out. He's already influenced the process 2 years early. He's already gone to Human resources and filed his complaint. Now, go back to work.
Your take seems to be that AD needs to be treated different than other employees, treated more fairly, compensated more. You dont know what fair market is, but for some reason you seem to care that he gets it. Blackmailing the team is to you, OK, because well....others do it too.
Now....having said all that, I will admit that the entire opinion changes if its contract year. At that point, the Rams should have prepared for the negotiations. At that point, if there is an impasse, then its two entities working on a deal. But I cannot side with the player who is blackmailing a team.