Re: Walker on ESPN

[rottie@webquest.com]

Just my $0.02 worth, Yes it is sad that it's all about the money but there
are guy's like Troy Aikman (sorry not b-ball related) who just restructured
his contract (I believe this is the third time) so that they can sign a
marquee player to bring the Cowboy's back to the big dance.  I'm from
Chicago and it's strange that the guys asking for the big bucks came from
there case in point Garnett, and our own Mr. Walker etc.--ray  


At 08:55 AM 4/25/98 -0400, Jan Crocker wrote:
>At 07:37 PM 4/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>Last night there was a short piece of him saying he wanted a deal this
>>year, and even though he wants to stay here he wants to receive what he's
>>worth (or something like that).  He said if he leaves they'll have to get
>>another franchise player and that will cost them big bucks, anyway.  They
>>said Pitino's remark was that Gaston will not go broke to pay him
>>unreasonable money.  I only heard this, I was in the kitchen, but this is
>>close.
>>Dorine
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>Dorine you are right on the money. I saw the same report and your take is
>accurate.
>Given the state of big money contracts for star players the report mirrors
>the truth.
>If we don't sign Walker for the big bucks we would have to replace him with
>another marquee player to stay on track in the rebuilding process. How
>would we do this with our lack of flexibility with the salary cap? We are
>probably better off giving him the Benjamins than taking a huge leap
>backwards. Too bad it's always about the money.
>That's the sorry measuring stick in sports these days; who makes more money
>than the next guy.
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>JC 
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