CAMPBELL TRADED TO SHARKS

[kgun12]

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Nice job!

Don't clap yet mikey he forgot some key numbers!

[Dude]

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You forgot the rest of the post, the difference between 3 years and 5 years is $11 million. It's all about the money! I think if he signed a 3 year deal for $16.5 million, he could live comfortably for the rest of he life on that, don't you?

OMG!!!

Unreal.

Can we determine your next raise? After all, you should never take more money since you can live comfortably on what you make now (or less).

[hydro]

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You forgot the rest of the post, the difference between 3 years and 5 years is $11 million. It's all about the money! I think if he signed a 3 year deal for $16.5 million, he could live comfortably for the rest of he life on that, don't you?

OMG!!!

What you are arguing goes beyond just one player. Its all of sports that has gotten out of hand. YES! nobody should be making that kind of money for just playing a sport, but its just the way it is. He is entitled to compare himself to his colleagues who have the same skill set and are making more money than he is.

[Philagape]

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You forgot the rest of the post, the difference between 3 years and 5 years is $11 million. It's all about the money! I think if he signed a 3 year deal for $16.5 million, he could live comfortably for the rest of he life on that, don't you?

OMG!!!

The point you're trying to make is meaningless. It's not greed to want more years of the same salary. Nobody doesn't want that. Therefore that's not the issue you're trying to make it sound like.

Look it at from the Sabres' point of view ... if the $ per year is the same and only the length different, why not accept it? By 2011, the other players talked about as us needing to afford will have already re-signed or left, and Campbell's deal would be cheaper then than it is now in relation to the cap, so what's the issue? All it is is the Sabres saying "we don't want you for that long." And that's why he didn't take it.

[kgun12]

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I haven't changed my position. Campbell wanted a long-term deal, the Sabres would not offer it. Now, you can twist that all you want and say it's all about money, but I stand behind my posts. It's about the length of the deal. Naturally, if the long-term deal was offering the same per year as the three-year, then the money would be more. I'm not an idiot.

Pro athletes are no different than anyone else - they want to maximize their income while their earning power is at its fullest. So to criticize an athlete for wanting more money (or a long-term contract which would result in more money) is hypocritical, unless you yourself are willing to work for nothing.

Yes you did twist words Dude, cause if you would have said all this to start instead of attack my first post with this response I would have said I can buy that, but you didn't then continued to say it was about money.

I stand by my statement that once just once it would be nice to see a pro athlete stand in front of the press with tears in his eye's and say I really meant it when I said I love playing in Buffalo and these fan, so I took less money and/or less years to stay here. Instead of stand in front of the press with tears and say I really wanted to be here, so I didn't make a counter offer and wanted more money and/or more years. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING! Is that to hard to understand?

[SabreEleven]

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Soupy's hair is going to clash with the Sharks colors.

[Dude]

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I stand by my statement that once just once it would be nice to see a pro athlete stand in front of the press with tears in his eye's and say I really meant it when I said I love playing in Buffalo and these fan, so I took less money and/or less years to stay here. Instead of stand in front of the press with tears and say I really wanted to be here, so I didn't make a counter offer and wanted more money and/or more years. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING! Is that to hard to understand?

That athlete would be a moron.

[Philagape]

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Yes you did twist words Dude, cause if you would have said all this to start instead of attack my first post with this response I would have said I can buy that, but you didn't then continued to say it was about money.

I stand by my statement that once just once it would be nice to see a pro athlete stand in front of the press with tears in his eye's and say I really meant it when I said I love playing in Buffalo and these fan, so I took less money and/or less years to stay here. Instead of stand in front of the press with tears and say I really wanted to be here, so I didn't make a counter offer and wanted more money and/or more years. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING! Is that to hard to understand?

The Sabres kept saying they wanted Campbell. In the end they said no too. So it goes both ways.

[kgun12]

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Unreal.

Can we determine your next raise? After all, you should never take more money since you can live comfortably on what you make now (or less).

If you only had a clue, so I will fill you in! I took a 12% PAY CUT last year and will not get a pay raise for 4 more years, so to hear a player complain about losing a few million doesn't bother me at all. Again by Campbell, don't let the door hit in the A$$!

[kgun12]

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That athlete would be a moron.

Then he can't stand in front of the press crying he is here any longer!

[Jan Reimers]

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I don't really like the deal, but we got a big, promising young winger and a first round draft pick. The FO is getting better. We got nothing for Briere, Drury and Zubrus.

And we have some money for Miller.

And we suck this year anyway, with or without Campbell.

[Philagape]

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I don't really like the deal, but we got a big, promising young winger and a first round draft pick. The FO is getting better. We got nothing for Briere, Drury and Zubrus.

And we have some money for Miller.

And we suck this year anyway, with or without Campbell.

Like finally learning long division in high school.

[Mitchy moo]

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I don't really like the deal, but we got a big, promising young winger and a first round draft pick. The FO is getting better. We got nothing for Briere, Drury and Zubrus.

And we have some money for Miller.

And we suck this year anyway, with or without Campbell.

I wouldn't say we suck, I just think that the team needs to be able to focus on winning games now that all this BS is past us.

[User Manuel]

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Great deal for Buffalo, especially in light of Boyles contract. Bernier is a great young winger and the #1 is a nice, nice add.

[Dude]

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If you only had a clue, so I will fill you in! I took a 12% PAY CUT last year and will not get a pay raise for 4 more years, so to hear a player complain about losing a few million doesn't bother me at all. Again by Campbell, don't let the door hit in the A$$!

Well, pardon my French, but that's just ******ed.