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2011-07-15 21:05:06
One key issue in recent years hasbeen salaries for highly drafted
rookies. A proposal possibly on the tablewould limit those packages to four-year deals. At issue is a
possiblefifth-year option clause for some early picks and how much they would be ableto cash in on
that.
Branion said he's only been privy "tothe stuff that everybody's read: four-year deal with a fifth-year escalatortriggered by certain things or whatever. Each side has a differentopinion."
Branion, executive director of First ofIrvine, Calif., anticipates some sort of rookie wage scale.
"That's the way it sounds," he said."I'm not in the room. I don't know, but it almost sounds as though bothsides have agreed, both sides are operating from positions that seemsubstantially different at the top of the draft than they've been in thepast."
Miller, who led the nation in sacks as acollege junior, opted to bypass the 2010 draft and play his senior year atA&M.
Branion said Miller comes from a"comfortable" family situation financially.
"He went back to school last year. ...He's just not driven by the money. He's driven by the sport, which israre," said Branion.
REPORTS:
Progress on rookie wage scale
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