SoCalRaider
08-19-2003, 07:45 PM
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"The Washington Post reported Tuesday morning that the Redskins' offer included a signing bonus of about $14.75 million, but sources told ESPN.com later in the day that the figure is significantly overstated.
Those sources said the signing bonus is only a little more than half of that amount and, in terms of total value, the deal does not come close to the seven-year, $50 million contract cornerback Ty Law of the New England Patriots received four years ago.
Reached at his office by ESPN.com on Tuesday afternoon, Bailey's agent Jack Reale declined to discuss specifics of the offer, emphasizing that he and Bailey preferred that the negotiations not be conducted in public or in the media.
Reale did tell ESPN.com that a extension agreement was not imminent"
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http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2003/0819/1598886.html
"The Washington Post reported Tuesday morning that the Redskins' offer included a signing bonus of about $14.75 million, but sources told ESPN.com later in the day that the figure is significantly overstated.
Those sources said the signing bonus is only a little more than half of that amount and, in terms of total value, the deal does not come close to the seven-year, $50 million contract cornerback Ty Law of the New England Patriots received four years ago.
Reached at his office by ESPN.com on Tuesday afternoon, Bailey's agent Jack Reale declined to discuss specifics of the offer, emphasizing that he and Bailey preferred that the negotiations not be conducted in public or in the media.
Reale did tell ESPN.com that a extension agreement was not imminent"
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http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2003/0819/1598886.html