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| Drew Brees To Argue Franchise-Tag Grievance With Saints
Saints quarterback Drew Brees will set the stage for the financial parameters of his earnings over the next few seasons Wednesday, when he argues a franchise-tag grievance against the NFL before Special Master Stephen Burbank in Philadelphia. The Saints placed the franchise tag on Brees for the 2012 season for $16.4 million. He will argue that if the Saints also place the tag on him for the 2013 season, they will owe him a 44 percent raise, which would bring the total to nearly $24 million for one season. Brees was franchised by the San Diego Chargers in 2005, and he believes the Saints should have to pay the hefty increase for tagging him for the third time in his career. The counter argument is that because this would be just the second time the Saints would have franchised him, they should give Brees just a 20 percent increase, which would bring his 2013 salary to roughly $19.6 million. Source: NFL.com |
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