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| Setenza | Apr 29 2013, 11:03 PM Post #181 |
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Knitting with only one needle
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For a one off job, yes. For a contract basis like the model you are proposing, no. |
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| whatsthatonyourback | Apr 29 2013, 11:34 PM Post #182 |
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Waldo Jeffers
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It's not a zero sum game here. If the club wins it doesn't mean that the player loses. They don't. They get paid more earlier. How exactly is the player worse off under a frontloading contract than not? I just can't see how, other than the player spending every penny he gets as soon as he gets it. That's not an argument against frontloading, it's an argument for the player to have no part in arranging his affairs. |
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| whatsthatonyourback | Apr 29 2013, 11:35 PM Post #183 |
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Waldo Jeffers
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Why? |
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| Setenza | Apr 29 2013, 11:39 PM Post #184 |
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Knitting with only one needle
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I'm not sure I can say it any other way than I did. The player ends up in weak positions. |
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| Setenza | Apr 29 2013, 11:41 PM Post #185 |
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Knitting with only one needle
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Again, I can't find any other way to say it that I've already done in past 2 posts. |
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| whatsthatonyourback | Apr 30 2013, 12:28 AM Post #186 |
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Waldo Jeffers
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Then I don't understand your point. How is the player in a weaker position than he would otherwise be? The worst case scenario is for a player nearing the end of his contract and nobody wants him. That is debatable whether he is worse off with money in the bank, lower income and poor employment prospects than less money in the bank, higher income and poor employment prospects. I'd disagree with anyone who chose the latter as it would make them worse off overall. But hey-ho - some people don't understand money. For any player who doesn't think they'll end up like a McCord it should be a no brainier. Getting paid more of your contract earlier is a great opportunity to play well and earn a transfer or contract. |
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| whatsthatonyourback | Apr 30 2013, 12:42 AM Post #187 |
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Waldo Jeffers
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Let's try this another way. When a player is offered a 3 year frontloaded contract, what are they thinking? Are they more concerned about being at the end of their contract on a low wage than they are delighted at the immediate prospect of high wages and the chance to never have to suffer the low wages at the end of their contract? It would take a particular combination of farsightedness, pessimism and stupidity to think possible low wages in three years is more important than definite high wages now. They might regret being on low wages in 3 years but that will have no bearing on the decision they make when offered the frontloaded contract. |
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| Naebody | Apr 30 2013, 06:41 AM Post #188 |
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Twat
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Oh dear. This has hit the point of maximum futility. Look, if there's any specific criticism more substantive than "THERE BE DRAGONS" let's hear it. But let's not just hear the same time-value-of-money misunderstandings and dour fatalism another hundred posts. It's unhelpful. |
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| whatsthatonyourback | Apr 30 2013, 06:54 AM Post #189 |
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Waldo Jeffers
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Aren't you fascinated by your inability to be understood? Sometimes it's impossible to get past "but it sounds weird". |
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| Naebody | Apr 30 2013, 06:55 AM Post #190 |
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Twat
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Actually, one last go: "Hello, new employee. Here's a 50% bonus. If you do well over the next two years you can keep it. If you do badly we'll claw it back in 2016." That's all it is. That's the entire gambit. So who's pessimistic enough to say, "no thanks" to that offer? Dundonians, I guess. |
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| whatsthatonyourback | Apr 30 2013, 07:01 AM Post #191 |
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Waldo Jeffers
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Heh - I was starting to think it was a Dundonian thing myself. |
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| Setenza | Apr 30 2013, 07:25 AM Post #192 |
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Knitting with only one needle
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OK, well I guess well just have to wait for this genius idea to be adopted and see how it goes. |
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| Conan the Destroyer | Apr 30 2013, 08:35 AM Post #193 |
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I prefer it when we're pish
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A player wouldn't sign it. Their agent would tell them to go and sign a normal contract elsewhere where there are no dragons. |
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| whatsthatonyourback | Apr 30 2013, 09:47 AM Post #194 |
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Waldo Jeffers
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You realise that dragons don't exist, don't you? "Look son, this weird contract they're offering you pays you great money up front and increases the likelihood of you being sold for good money or signing a new contract here, at which points I will get a nice cut. It may seem to be in both of our interests, but I sense a trap. Don't sign it." "What's that son? ... What if you turn out to be shit? Start saving whatever money they're paying you now - Arnold Clark are not a generous employer." |
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| findus | Apr 30 2013, 10:17 AM Post #195 |
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Jerry Kerr
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Aren't you fascinated by your inability to be understood? Look, Naebs, whatshatonyourback, if there's any specific criticism more substantive than "THERE NO BE DRAGONS" let's hear it. But let's not just hear the same time-value-of-money misunderstandings and dour fatalism another hundred posts. It's unhelpful. |
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