(Photo : Justin Casterline/Getty Images) INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – Indianapolis Colts proprietor Jim Irsay speaks throughout a Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor induction ceremony throughout halftime of a recreation towards the Washington Commanders at Lucas Oil Stadium on October 30, 2022, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The summer time of 2023 noticed many operating backs holding out on their new contract to demand a elevate, and Indianapolis Colts proprietor Jim Irsay thinks it’s inappropriate.
Irsay argued that gamers ought to have accepted what’s agreed upon within the newest Collective Bargaining Agreement.
“NFL Running Back situation – We have negotiated a CBA, that took years of effort and hard work and compromise in good faith by both sides,” he tweeted.
“To say now that a specific (p)layer category wants another negotiation after the fact, is inappropriate. Some (a)gents are selling ‘bad faith.'”
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His feedback got here after his staff’s foremost operating again, Jonathan Taylor, demanded a brand new deal. Taylor was placed on the Physically Unable to Perform record due to his actions.
Over at New York Giants, Saquon Barkley skipped the coaching camp after failing to get a long-term deal. Other RBs who rattled the league final week by expressing their frustrations over RBs’ remedy are Christian McCaffrey of the San Francisco 49ers, Austin Ekeler of the Los Angeles Chargers, and Derrick Henry of the Tennessee Titans.
Expert’s view of RB scenario within the NFL
Running backs take essentially the most hit within the recreation however earn lower than the opposite positions.
Agent Peter Schaffer prompt a change in the way in which operating backs’ contracts are carried out. He stated the league ought to begin placing tags for RBs, at present price $10 million, in the identical class as tight ends ($11 million) and receivers ($19 million).
“If they made that tag $16 million or $17 million, people wouldn’t be tagging them and we’d find out what the market is,” Schaffer stated.
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