FireChan Posted April 2, 2016 Posted April 2, 2016 (edited) No they don't. Players want to play football. That's why they have an agent. The problem is this: http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2016/04/jairus_byrd_eugene_parker_was.html Eugene was a "father figure" to Byrd. And this probably occurs with a lot of these athletes who grew up with an absent father. These agents know exactly what to say to manipulate their clients weaknesses in order to get what they want. The agent is going to convince their client "not the underestimate the value of their time and skills" and not to accept one dime less. Because at the end of the day, they're not the ones who now have to uproot their family. They're not the ones who suddenly need to learn a new system and make new friends. They couldn't care less. Likely. But, it's not so black and white. What about signing with a different team instead of the one who offered him the most money? Now he's stuck in a quagmire. A defense so bad it rewrote the history books. What about this question: would Byrds career been substantially better if not for Parker instilling in him the idea that feigning injury could be an effective bargaining tool? These are very impressionable young men, especially when advice is coming from a "father figure". But, once a player crosses that line, he's done as a competitor. There's no undoing that. This is absolutely baseless and you trying to besmirch a dead man's name by citing a heart-felt post from a client is abhorrent. Byrd doesn't seem to blame Parker for his "career." Who are you to say Byrd didn't want to get max dollars because his foot injuries looked like they were going to end his career anyway? More importantly, who are you trying to cast judgment of if Byrd's career is "good" or not? Whose motivations matter, his or yours? Jairus Byrd's dad is an NFL coach and Pro-Bowl CB and has been involved in his life from the beginning. Stop spewing your bull ****. http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/Byrds-Legacy-Experience-a-father-son-effort/6c8b5671-430f-4ddd-9bc7-71e0032a8a24 Edited April 2, 2016 by FireChan
3rdand12 Posted April 2, 2016 Posted April 2, 2016 This is absolutely baseless and you trying to besmirch a dead man's name by citing a heart-felt post from a client is abhorrent. Byrd doesn't seem to blame Parker for his "career." Who are you to say Byrd didn't want to get max dollars because his foot injuries looked like they were going to end his career anyway? More importantly, who are you trying to cast judgment of if Byrd's career is "good" or not? Whose motivations matter, his or yours? Jairus Byrd's dad is an NFL coach and Pro-Bowl CB and has been involved in his life from the beginning. Stop spewing your bull ****. http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/Byrds-Legacy-Experience-a-father-son-effort/6c8b5671-430f-4ddd-9bc7-71e0032a8a24 Shame when it comes to this. just no need to travel down that path
NoSaint Posted April 2, 2016 Posted April 2, 2016 This is absolutely baseless and you trying to besmirch a dead man's name by citing a heart-felt post from a client is abhorrent. Byrd doesn't seem to blame Parker for his "career." Who are you to say Byrd didn't want to get max dollars because his foot injuries looked like they were going to end his career anyway? More importantly, who are you trying to cast judgment of if Byrd's career is "good" or not? Whose motivations matter, his or yours? Jairus Byrd's dad is an NFL coach and Pro-Bowl CB and has been involved in his life from the beginning. Stop spewing your bull ****. http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/Byrds-Legacy-Experience-a-father-son-effort/6c8b5671-430f-4ddd-9bc7-71e0032a8a24 I think that pretty much covers how I felt reading that.
26CornerBlitz Posted April 7, 2016 Posted April 7, 2016 @AndrewBrandt A tribute and remembrance of agent and friend Eugene Parker: https://t.co/SVgwZ1UJJM
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