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<blockquote data-quote="59 Dano" data-source="post: 5336113" data-attributes="member: 23516">I was listening to the Movin&#039; the Chains show Friday and Pat Kirwan was talking about negotiating contracts.&nbsp; Actually, he&#039;s talked about this plenty of times.&nbsp; Some agents are easier to deal with than others, some are better for the players they represent than others, some are better negotiators than others, and so on.&nbsp; The thing they all have in common is that they know the business of pro football.&nbsp; They understand the structure of contracts, they understand how decisions are made, they understand how players are evaluated - there&#039;s a lot to it.&nbsp; You can tell them things that you can&#039;t tell the players directly.&nbsp; They may not agree with it, but they know it&#039;s part of the process and know how to deal with it.The worst contract negotiations were when players tried to negotiate their own contracts.&nbsp; They were the opposite of agents.&nbsp; It didn&#039;t matter how good they were on the field or how smart they were in the locker room or any of that.&nbsp; They were clueless about anything beyond X&#039;s and O&#039;s.&nbsp; The business side of football and contracts?&nbsp; Hopeless.&nbsp; There&#039;s a lot of that in every industry and this one is no different.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="59 Dano, post: 5336113, member: 23516"] I was listening to the Movin' the Chains show Friday and Pat Kirwan was talking about negotiating contracts. Actually, he's talked about this plenty of times. Some agents are easier to deal with than others, some are better for the players they represent than others, some are better negotiators than others, and so on. The thing they all have in common is that they know the business of pro football. They understand the structure of contracts, they understand how decisions are made, they understand how players are evaluated - there's a lot to it. You can tell them things that you can't tell the players directly. They may not agree with it, but they know it's part of the process and know how to deal with it. The worst contract negotiations were when players tried to negotiate their own contracts. They were the opposite of agents. It didn't matter how good they were on the field or how smart they were in the locker room or any of that. They were clueless about anything beyond X's and O's. The business side of football and contracts? Hopeless. There's a lot of that in every industry and this one is no different. [/QUOTE]

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