Mick's mail: Hamlin contract talk heats up.
Source: www.dallascowboys.com
Rick Kite, Fairfax, Va.: What is the latest on the contract negotiations with Ken Hamlin? As I recall July 15 is an important day to reach a contract/extension for players with the franchise tag.
Mickey: You are right, that's the deadline for players with franchise tags to sign long-term contracts. After that, they must play for the franchise tender, which in Hamlin's case is one year, $4.396 million. If you sign a franchise player to a long-term deal after that date, you lose the franchise designation for the length of the contract. I'm told things began budging some this week, and both sides seem to be zeroing in on the deal Gibril Wilson signed with the Raiders, which I thought was a tad much at that time, six years, $39 million, with nearly $20 million paid out over the first three years.
Rick Kite, Fairfax, Va.: What is the latest on the contract negotiations with Ken Hamlin? As I recall July 15 is an important day to reach a contract/extension for players with the franchise tag.
Mickey: You are right, that's the deadline for players with franchise tags to sign long-term contracts. After that, they must play for the franchise tender, which in Hamlin's case is one year, $4.396 million. If you sign a franchise player to a long-term deal after that date, you lose the franchise designation for the length of the contract. I'm told things began budging some this week, and both sides seem to be zeroing in on the deal Gibril Wilson signed with the Raiders, which I thought was a tad much at that time, six years, $39 million, with nearly $20 million paid out over the first three years.
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