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Williams negotiates with Parcells
Ricky Williams has done a lot most players haven't: won a Heisman Trophy, led the NFL in rushing, lived in a tent in Australia. Now add something else: Williams disclosed Friday he negotiated his own contract extension with Bill Parcells in less than 10 minutes. General manager Jeff Ireland was the only other person there, Williams said. He said he did the deal himself because he could not reach agent Leigh Steinberg, who has allowed his agent certification to expire temporarily.
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He's a character!!
Mental Ray
Princeton, NJ
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Seee! Rockin the Ganja does have it's benefits!!! Blaze up a fat one and go into the office blitzed. Negotiate contract to include a clean bottle of urine for each test, 5 year supply of Funyuns and a Slurpee dispenser for his house.
Explosion!
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Maybe he was high when he negotiated. I want a box of smores for every touchdown I score.
Mental Ray
Princeton, NJ
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Smores and a Double Cheese and Sausage pizza waiting in the endzone. Gatorade replaced by Grape Fanta and of course his oxygen tank has been replaced with Nitrous oxide.
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Brilliant! Who needs an agent that sucks you blind for a percentage. If you know what you want, and you can get it yourself, go for it.
Circus Maximus
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Gotta make sure Bill has the dime and quarter bags ready for the negotiation.........
REAL TALK 101
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Agreed Devo..................you're dead on with that one. There have been a number of athletes do their own contracts, and they came out just fine relative to other players......and probably came out ahead when you figure in the Agent cut they saved.
TenRingsSTL
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Gotta make sure Bill has the dime and quarter bags ready for the negotiation.........
REAL TALK 101 | 09/07/08, 10:58 AM
lol, you are wrong for that one...I hope he stays clean...
Sportsfandiva..
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its a sign of the times.
i remember when there where nichel bags.
MATTUSA
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I remember when a Nickle bag was actually 5 bucks!!
Explosion!
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Wants to be a doctor! (Imagine, getting treatment from him: "Wow, your wound - it's all kinds of colors. Weird.")
George W. Watson
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I bet this is the last time Leigh Steinberg allows his 'agent certification to temporarily expire'.
Housekeeping needs a…
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Yeah, Ricky has just done so well all along in the NFL, I'm sure negotiating w/Parcells, of all people, will turn out to be another brilliant move. What a disappointment Williams has been.
Does anyone remember that surgary article about him when he was on the cover of SI and at the top of his game before he decided drugs were more important than anything? I actually thought the guy was going to go on to do great things.
Southern Man 45
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Great deal. He got an extension to run for a team at 2.4 yards per carry. Good scouting Tuna!
NEPatsFan1
Boston , MA
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I bet this is the last time Leigh Steinberg allows his 'agent certification to temporarily expire'.
Lady's Coach Belicat | 09/07/08, 01:19 PM
Steinberg was probably busy falling off a ball stool drunk to realize it expired.
NEPatsFan1
Boston , MA
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Brilliant! Who needs an agent that sucks you blind for a percentage. If you know what you want, and you can get it yourself, go for it.
DEVO (SPECTRE) | 09/07/08, 10:17 AM
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Guess I'm one of the few who agrees with you on this. No pot joke needed. Probably over half of the agents make things worse for the players. It appears that maybe Ricky just wants to play now. Maybe he has put the weed away and moved on. I guess it is possible.
TheDude
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What's not to love about Parcells and Williams in the same room talking money. Do you think Ricky was doing the math on dime bags per million?
jdramirez
Mechanicsburg, PA
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remember when Steinberg was the Rosenthal of his time?
jctoo, cult elitist
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Agents seem like leaches to me. Why would someone like Ricky not want to use their services? Wouldn't an agent get you the best deal possible? I like Ricky, but I must take this time to harken back to Master P and No Limit. Remember that lousy deal they did for him? I'm sure RIcky signed off on it, but man, what a crappy set up.
suckubus
Wichita Falls , TX
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