Shi Zi Mi wrote:OV - 54:40 wrote:
The baseball player ???
For whatever reason the last part of the address isn't included in the link.
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OK - found it - thanks.
Not sure about Wikipedia's - anybody can be an editor - authenticty
. But anyways, maybe they were including all his NFL TC, PR + NFL-Europe time, by saying 99-05? There's some football database dot whatever type sites (sorry, don't know how to put up the link) and they have pretty thorough NFL player participation lists - Murphy shows as playing 10 (regular season) games in 02, 2 games in 03 and 15 in 04; i just found Chris Schultz's statement that he had played 7 years in the NFL a bit misleading when he's only played 27 games over 3 seasons - i could be nit-picking semantics wise i guess.
Back to the topic - IMO Murphy should command a pretty decent CFL wage for O-linemen after a strong season; not sure he can demand tops in the league type bucks though after just one year -there are some other CFL O-linemen who have proven themselves for a number of years of dedicated service to the same team; if Murphy comes back and has another outstanding year, he could probably hope for an increase again; anyways - a 100Gs or so to play a game you love for half a year ain't too shabby coin IMO - if he feels he is better off doing other gigs elsewhere then, good for him and can't blame the guy for looking out for #1; can't blame Wally either for not bending over to give the guy whatever he wants. Hopefully, they can work something out.
Lots of interesting speculation on CFL salaries and the SMS now - i have little faith in the figures being thrown around in the media or on these type sites as being even close to 100% accurate though. If there was a bona fide list of CFL salaries the comments on CFL pay might mean more - love to see some proof to another of the good ole CFL cliches - that quality NI O-linemen are so rare that they can command these exorbitant salaries while an import O-line starter is going to be so under-paid - i believe the "facts" would show this to be often vastly over-stated or a fallacy.