Free agency screws everybody's allegiances up. Whether it be football, baseball, hockey, basketball, whatever it may be. It's really hard.
Once you've been around this business long enough, anything is a possibility. It's a business first and foremost. Guys play it because they love it, but it is a business, and if you don't understand that it's a business, you're lying to yourself.
In the NFL they talk about 'contracts,' but it's not really a contract, it's a one year agreement. If you have a 10 year contract, it means nothing. If you get cut in the NFL, you get nothing. People don't talk about that.
The two major things that changed the makeup of all professional sports are money generated by television and courts that players went to in order to win their freedom as free agents.
I've seen players in the past who wanted to stay with their team, and it didn't work out.
Every player looks forward to free agency.
You don't want to get to the point where you play out your contract and you get to those complicated situations where they can put the franchise tag on you and things like that.
Unfortunately, there are no mulligans when it comes to pro football contracts.
Winning is everything, especially at this stage of my career - I'm going into Year 7. Because I've been franchise-tagged twice, I've been in a position where it's not about the money so much; it's about winning. I want to win.
Guys move around in free agency.
Just because you go to free agency doesn't mean you don't want to be somewhere. It's just a part of the business.
The franchise tag is worth something to the team, and you can't be afraid to use it.
The franchise tag, it's a one-year deal. I would like a little bit more stability.
I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball.
The timeline is kind of coming to an end as far as leading up to free agency.
The ability of players to jump teams when their contracts are up has hurt fan loyalty.
