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      Titans ready to make Chris Johnson highest paid back in NFL?

      August 11, 2011 /
      Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson (28) breaks past Indianapolis Colts linebacker Gary Brackett (58) for a 15-yard touchdown in the third quarter of the Colts 23-20 win at Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis on January 2, 2011. UPI /Mark Cowan

      Titans general manager Mike Reinfeldt said Thursday that he’s ready to make Chris Johnson the highest-paid running back in the NFL.

      From the New York Times:

      General manager Mike Reinfeldt told The Associated Press on Thursday that Johnson’s agent was the first person they called once the NFL’s lockout was lifted. The Titans reworked Johnson’s contract a year ago to give him more money in 2010 and promised to talk to him again a year later.

      Reinfeldt says they already have talked about the perimeters of this new deal for Johnson and would like to have the running back in camp to learn the offense with a new coach while negotiations are finished.

      This has always been a no-brainer in my eyes. Johnson has been one of the most productive running backs in the NFL the past couple of years and arguably deserves to be the highest paid RB in the league.

      It’s not like this is a risky proposition for the Titans, or at least not in the way signing a player coming off an injury or a down year would be. Johnson is only 25 and barring injury, he presumably has four or five productive years left in him. If the Titans make him the highest-paid running back now and lock him in for five years, then everyone (i.e. the player, the team and the fan base) should be happy.

      Of course, there are always unforeseen issues that arise. Maybe Johnson will be upset in three years because another running back has surpassed him in terms of their contract status. Maybe he’ll get paid and shut it down like Randy Moss did when he got to Oakland. Who knows? We can only go off the information presently at hand and the information presently at hand suggests to pay the man what he’s worth and reap the benefits of having him locked up for the next X amount of years.

      External Sports, NFL

      Becoming the Ultimate Football Fan – What You Need

      August 11, 2011 /

      Stadium

      For some people, football is just like any other sport. However, for others, football is life or maybe even a religion. Those who are football fanatics and have favorite teams can testify that missing a game is not usually an option. Some fans will even sit out for days to get seats to their favorite team’s rivalry game.

      So what does it take to be the ultimate football fan? To start, most fans don’t just sit at home and watch the game on TV. Real football fans can be spotted hanging out at the local tailgate lot with all of their football buddies. If you’ve never been tailgating, now is a great time to start. This is a great and often inexpensive way to celebrate your team and have a good time with friends or family. Most avid fans don’t just look at football as a pastime but rather as something they belong to. After the tailgating, most fans have tickets to the game where they will sit next to other fans and scream at the top of their lungs as the quarterback throws the touchdown pass.

      Another part of being a football fan is obviously football gear. Now most fans will have a nice hat and maybe a sweatshirt that they can sport at the games. But then again there are the fans who go all out with their football paraphernalia. Some fans may come to the game decked out in nothing but clothes with their team’s logo, and others come wearing a bit less but sporting a bit more by scrolling their team’s name across their chests or stomachs in body paint. There isn’t really anything that compares to sitting outside in the cold with nothing but pants on. Shopping for fan gear can be something fun that you do with your best girlfriend, but if you’re looking for good deals and convenience, you can shop for fan apparel on eBay!

      One of the biggest separations between a normal fan and an ultimate fan will happen when the game is nearly over and the fair-weather fans have left the stadium. There are a few people left standing and waiting for the game to end; sometimes this means watching the team lose to its rivals, but sometimes this means getting to see that winning touchdown and rush the field with the remaining fans. Every real fan can enjoy calling their fair-weather buddies and gloating that they stayed and saw the whole game and the winning goal.

      Ubaldo Jimenez strong in Tribe home debut

      August 11, 2011 /

      It was a great night at Progressive Field for Indians fans last night, as the Tribe thumped the Detroit Tigers 10-3 behind a 5-5 night from Jason Kipnis and a stellar home debut by Ubaldo Jimenez. Jimenez looks dominating when you see him in person as I did last night.

      The Indians took a real gamble by sending two #1 picks to Colorado for Jimenez, but so far he looks like the real deal. With Justin Masterson, the Indians now have two front-line starters at the top of the rotation, with a very capable Josh Tomlin as the #3 starter. Then you have an inconsistent but sometimes dominating Fausto Carmona and several young starters like Carlos Carrasco and David Huff.

      The offense is also starting to heat up, with young players like Kipnis providing a spark. Kipnis reminds me of a young Lenny Dykstra. The Indians are now within two games of the Tigers after taking the first two games of this series. Shin-Soo Choo should be back soon, and possibly Grady Sizemore as well. They definitely need Choo to come back strong and Sizemore would be a bonus.

      External Sports, MLB

      NBA labor negotiations lack creativity

      August 10, 2011 /

      So says Matt Tolnick of HoopsHype. He suggests a system where players share in profits/losses alongside the owners:

      So rather than assigning the players a fixed percentage of BRI annually (whether 45 percent, 57 percent, or anywhere in between), regardless of how profitable the business is, the players could receive two forms of payment: (a) a guaranteed, fixed percentage of BRI, and (b) a raise or paycut depending on the NBA’s profitability. So, if the NBA’s owners collectively profit, then players will receive additional money beyond their initial BRI allocation. If the owners take a loss, then the players would receive less than their share of BRI.

      For such a system to work, annual increases or decreases in the NBA’s teams’ equity values would need to be accounted for (which may be difficult to accurately measure), and strict transparency of teams’ books (audited by a neutral third party) would be required to ensure that the NBA was being perfectly frank about its profits and losses.

      It’s a good read, if a bit heavy on the numbers.

      External Sports, NBA

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