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Originally Posted by ken0042
Heard an interview with Bo yesterday on QR77. He was basically asked if he took a bit of a hometown discount, and his reply was no- it was all about the money. Always was. Mentioned he had another kid on the way. (Must be tough to make ends meet with a $400-600K salary.) Kind of rubbed me the wrong way.
He did also mention that is was full on backup or bust for him in the NFL. He mentioned somebody else who was given $1M to be a 3rd string, but then ended up being cut. Would have made coming back a little harder if teams already had their marquee player.
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It's not the nhl or nfl, say tkachuk takes a 'hometown discount', hes still gonna be signing a contract worth 7+ million a year
It's a lot of money yes, but for a lot of people it's not a long career
This might be his last big contract, he has a family, and wants to set their safety up for life