FITZGERALD EXTENDS HIS DEAL
ProFootballTalk.com —
According to an announcement posted on what appears to be his personal web site, Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald has agreed to a four-year, $40 million contract with the team . Fitzgerald’s site says that he’ll get $30 million guaranteed, and $33 million over the next three years. He had been scheduled to earn more than $14 million in salary in 2008 and more than $17 million in salary in 2009 based on eight-figure escalators for which he qualified based on his performance during the first four years of his career. The deal also supposedly contains a clause that permits Fitzgerald to block any trade without his consent (which protects him from being traded to one ...
There Will Be No Midnight Green Fitzgerald Jerseys
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae —
From Larry Fitz's site: The Arizona Cardinals have reached a contract agreement
with All-Pro wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald Jr., Pending NFL approval.
The 24 year old Fitzgerald, who helped the Cardinals to a 8-8 record in
2007 their best in ten years will remain with the Cardinals after
signing a four-year contract extension. The contract guarantees Fitzgerald $30mil, and he gets out of it well before his 30th birthday. He done well for himself. Eagles fans who'd been holding out hope of seeing him in Philadelphia can now relinquish said hope.
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Sorry, Eagles: Larry Fitzgerald will remain a Cardinal
Shutdown Corner —
Larry
Fitzgerald's dazzling website is breaking the news that Fitzgerald has
signed a 4-year, $40 million deal with the Cardinals. $30 million of the deal,
according to the website, is guaranteed.
There had been trade rumors surrounding Fitzgerald, most notably involving the
Eagles. Rumors had Philly offering a package of Lito Sheppard and Reggie Brown
for Fitzgerald, but for some reason, the Cardinals wouldn't bite on that
dynamite combo.
I guess when you're dealing with a team like the Cardinals, though, it doesn't
hurt to ask.
But it does make the Eagles 0-for-2 with high-profile receivers, having struck ...
Fitzgerald re-signs; will numbers decline?
Sports - Pancake Blocks —
Larry Fitzgerald finally re-signed with the Cardinals, with the last negotiating point being that he could break the news himself to push traffic to his website . Okay, I made that last part up, although honestly I wouldn't be surprised. Fitzgerald took some public hits for dragging the negotiations out, but it was the organization's fault and responsibility. They made the contract and they made it highly difficult to meet his contract escalators. He met them - good for him.
