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Jason Worilds retiring

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insaniti said:
He bragged SOOO MUCH that he told his agent during the THREE DAY LEGAL TAMPERING PROCESS, to tell teams he wasn't sure about his future or whether or not he would continue to play football. CLEARLY he planned ahead of time, expecting to get his ego deflated by low ball offers, and thus had the built in excuse to retire.
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Where is this being reported?

Thanks in advance.
 
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Super Dave said:
Where is this being reported?

Thanks in advance.
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That during the legal tampering period Worilds' agent was telling teams that Jason was unsure of his football future (i.e. didn't know if he wanted to play anymore)? Well, I don't know if this is one of the free stories from Kovacevic's site, so I will provide a link to his story and the BTSC story that cites it.

http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/03/11/column-a-decision-worilds-apart/

http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/nfl-pittsburgh-steelers-news/2015/3/11/8189573/jason-worilds-retirement-contract-steelers-free-agency

You're welcome
 
SteelBuckeye said:
That during the legal tampering period Worilds' agent was telling teams that Jason was unsure of his football future (i.e. didn't know if he wanted to play anymore)? Well, I don't know if this is one of the free stories from Kovacevic's site, so I will provide a link to his story and the BTSC story that cites it.

http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/03/11/column-a-decision-worilds-apart/

http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/nfl-pittsburgh-steelers-news/2015/3/11/8189573/jason-worilds-retirement-contract-steelers-free-agency

You're welcome
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Thanks again.....I need to pony up to Dejan......I could not find it reported anywhere........
 
Super Dave said:
Thanks again.....I need to pony up to Dejan......I could not find it reported anywhere........
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It's a good site. Get a lot of information from there before the major guys report it.
 
insaniti said:
He bragged SOOO MUCH that he told his agent during the THREE DAY LEGAL TAMPERING PROCESS, to tell teams he wasn't sure about his future or whether or not he would continue to play football. CLEARLY he planned ahead of time, expecting to get his ego deflated by low ball offers, and thus had the built in excuse to retire.
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You were there?
 
is it me or everyone is jumpy on SN these days?
 
More power to him... I think we need to accept that the millennial generation on are going to in general be less dedicated than the previous generations to anything. Interests wane much easier these days and frankly when you are set for life (or ought to be) its easy to walk away. If the guy doesn't live an extravagant lifestyle, and invests well, he will never need to work again
 
Hey man, this is great news. Whatever his reasoning is, I'm just glad the Steelers will not be overpaying this consistent under-performer again. THANK GOD.
 
Wingman said:
I believe the present max tax rate is 48 percent, figure in agents fees and his mandatory contribution to nfl retirement and most players are likely to get less than 1/2 of what they are paid to do with what they want. If one figures the kid could live to be 80 years of age and he is 27 now he needs 53 years worth of income. Figure he has 4 million from last year. If he just banks his money and takes out a "salary so that his money will last till he is 80 he can spend $75,471.69 every year. That does not include any interest he would earn. Since the taxes have already been paid that is after tax money and is likely the equivalent of a taxable 100,000.00 per year salary. How many of you would like to retire on a bit over 6,000.00 per month for the rest of your life at the age of 27.
Sounds like a great plan. He is no longer at the same risk he was for a major injury, sounds like great planning on his part. He might just be one of the smarter guys wearing a uniform in the game today.
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I don't know where you live, but the highest taxable income bracket here in the good ol' US of A is 39.6%. But I get your point.
 
insaniti said:
See three posts above, #105.
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I don't care what any article says. Do you watch nbc news too? He laughed at the Steelers offer last year and waited for offers this year to make up his mind. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure this one out.
 
TAS said:
I don't care what any article says. Do you watch nbc news too? He laughed at the Steelers offer last year and waited for offers this year to make up his mind. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure this one out.
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Obviously it does...I hear NASA needs help...You might want to check it out.
 
I'm not buying Worilds' "retirement."

I wouldn't be surprised if he's back with the Steelers this season.
 
SteelBuckeye said:
Do you have a source or is this just a belief? I know there was a story about the Giants, but there were no numbers attached to that
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As far as I know, there is NOTHING in the news that so-and-so team offered him X amount of dollars. Zero, zip, nada.

 
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topseed said:
I don't know where you live, but the highest taxable income bracket here in the good ol' US of A is 39.6%. But I get your point.
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I thought I saw something that was higher and would be for folks that are making in the millions but even so 39.6 percent is still a lot to lose to the gov. Maybe it was a proposed change that did not make it.
 
Wingman said:
I thought I saw something that was higher and would be for folks that are making in the millions but even so 39.6 percent is still a lot to lose to the gov. Maybe it was a proposed change that did not make it.
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39.6% is just the Fed Tax, depending on where JW actually lives he will pay more with state (NJ where he is from is almost 9%)
 
TAS said:
If this doesn't make sense to you I promise you're not on the short list... Or long one
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You being a rocket scientist I knew you had it all figured out.
 
I always felt drafting him was a big mistake. Resigning him would have been a bigger one. His bizarre retirement just proves my point. I'll never forget when Woodson announced this pick I was like "WHO? WTF!" Who did we miss out on that was picked after him?
 
keslerclan said:
39.6% is just the Fed Tax, depending on where JW actually lives he will pay more with state (NJ where he is from is almost 9%)
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You don't pay state tax where you live. You pay it where you make it.
 
I've read through most of this chain in an effort to answer the WHY question.

None of us know what is in Jason Worild's heart and head. If he walked away to pursue other options or to preserve his health then I say God Bless and wish him the best.

However, if the money being offered was the issue, if those offers were somehow offensive, then I have to wonder what world any professional athlete is living in where $3-5 million per year is so offensive that they'd rather quit? What other job will any of them have that could possibly pay them half of that money? I know salaries have been blown sky high but isn't $3-5 million still $3-5 million? Not many former Virginia Tech football players are making $3 million per year doing anything other than playing football.

I hope it wasn't about the money.
 
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