re-Gaston is right

[Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

My point exactly. Pay the players after the season is over. Get all the
highlight films in the office, sit down and discuss worth. Where's the
incentive? Jordan is an exception. He gives the dollars worth every time he
puts his trunks on. Give the players enough money to live on during the
season and pay a bonus in the end after seeing the stats.  These guys would
play basketball if their contracts were cut in half, I guarantee you. Where
else are they going to make the minimum the NBA pays? Can you tell I'm a
company man??

>Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 12:25:47 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Jeremy <jwarren@eecs.tufts.edu>
>Subject: Gaston is right
>
>	I'm getting really tired of everyone calling Gaston cheap and
>demanding that he sell the team.  He is absolutely right in playing hard
>ball with Antoine.  Last year Antoine was the whole team and may have
>deserved $100M.  But this coming season he will be one of four very good
>players.  Once he signs a 9 figure contract, what incentive does he have
>to work hard and improve?
>
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