Hey Darrelle Revis, Slow Down!

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Chris Fusco

Earlier today, NY Jets Cornerback Darrelle Revis was stopped and ticketed for travelling 80 mph (in a 40 mph zone) on Eisenhower Parkway in Livingston, New Jersey.

Since my NJ office is just a stone’s throw from Eisenhower Parkway, I am on this roadway every day. So Darrelle, as a fellow NJ motorist, please cool your jets and drive a lot more carefully.

By the way, if Revis has consulted with me, which he obviously didn’t, I would have told him that Eisenhower Parkway is one big speed trap. Anyway, in the future, FYI Darrelle, the police also pull lots of cars over on Eisenhower Parkway for having an expired inspection sticker, so beware.

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Will the Potential of an NFL Lockout Make Darrelle Revis Blink?

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Chris Fusco

New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis' holdout is starting to get dangerously close to the beginning of the season. A Jets' defense without its best player, Revis, certainly will put the team at a disadvantage entering the regular season where the team hoped to make it to the Super Bowl.

But for Revis, there is much more at stake then just his holdout for payment as the best cornerback in the NFL. According to the NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith a NFL lockout may be inevitable for the 2011 season. Smith has complained that the NFL owners want billions of dollars back from the players in any new collective bargaining agreement ("CBA") to save the 2011 season.

Well, where will those billions of dollars come from if a new CBA can be reached?

In the NFL labor world, the owners want less and less guaranteed money to be paid to its players. In a league with an 100% injury rate, the owners continue to press from non-guaranteed contracts.

This is the problem for Revis. If he holds out too long, like the entire season, Revis may return to a very different NFL with a much different contract landscape. Let's face it, the NFLPA hasn't done a great job protecting its players. In the NFL, the owners have had the upper hand in the CBA outcomes.

If Revis doesn't grab as much guaranteed (and upfront) money in 2010 as he possibly can, there may not be any left if and when the NFL comes back after a nasty lockout battle.

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