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Originally Posted by yourbestfriend
It’s a business for both team AND the player. He might be putting himself before the team in terms of money, but as you stated, that’s what he should be doing. And if everybody is doing that, how can players be mad at other players for something they would do themselves?
He’s also not taking money out of this teammates pockets. Those teammates either sign somewhere who will pay them what they’re worth when they’re UFA’s or if the player is good enough, the team will make changes to ensure they stay.
The business side is definitely ugly and there’s very little loyalty, but that's pro sports. There are tens of millions of dollars on the line and if I or anyone else on this forum were in Marner's shoes, we'd be doing the same thing.
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It literally does though. For players with signed deals, the more new contracts push total salaries above the HRR number, the more every player gets carved back. That is what escrow does.
And that is why the players hate escrow. Their hatred is misguided though - escrow is just the messenger.