Nickels & Dimes"

"Hey Drew thanks for spending some of that $100M with us!"

The key element to any negotiation is leverage. Who ever has the most of it wins every time. That's why you see so many entertainers, typically rappers and young singers selling millions of records only to scream I'm broke in the end. That's because they had no leverage during the negotiations. Do you realize that Tupac was only worth $100K and a Jaguar at the time of his death? Why, because he had no leverage when he signed the deals that made labels like Death Row millions. Master P. however, turned the rap game on it's ear when he sold hundreds of thousands of copies out of the trunk of his car first and then he stepped to the table with all of the leverage. When he finally signed a major label deal he negotiated owning 85% of the distribution and 100% of the copyright and royalties.

Well my guy...It works the same way in the world of sports pro too. My man Drew Brees knew how the game worked so well that he came to the table wearing a smoking jacket, an ascot and Gucci slippers looking like the old pimp/playboy Hue Hefner! He walked into the meeting with some of that Luther Vandross playing softly in the background, lit his cigar and hit the New Orleans Saints up! By the time he walked out of that joint he had a 5 year deal worth $100 million bruh!

They've been trying to play hard ball with ole Drew but he knew the game too well. The Saints just got hit with the whole Bounty Gate joint. Their general manager's been suspended for 8 games. While Head Coach Sean Payton is out for the year along with key elements of the defensive unit including Johnathon Velma. They initially were trying to franchise Brees which, in my opinion, was crazy. Then I saw him pull out the smoking jacket like Fred G. Sanford! When he stumbled down the stairs with the cigar hanging out of his mouth I knew it was on.

Just a week ago Brees was asking for something like $20.2M/yr and they were offering $19.2M/yr. All they had to do was sign him then. It wasn't going to get any better than bruh. They could have signed him and pushed the majority of that bread back to the latter part of the contract etc. By playing like they had some leverage the Saints made the fatal mistake of parking the Maybach in the hood with the windows down with keys in it.

 Brees walked in bumpin' that Luther "Never Too Much"  or better yet that Cash Out joint and stung these boyz right in the wallet by saying, " Ya'll want to play with me (As a two inch ash ball mounted on the tip of the cigar)? I want the same $100M over the 5 years but I want $40M of it this year all in nickels & dimes bruh. Then you can go ahead and throw me $20M more over the next two seasons in singles because I've got a couple of stops to make before I get to the crib. I don't care what you call it; salary/ bonus whatever. Just give me my bread now because I may not be messing with ya'll in 4 years anyway!"

Hey Drew, that's a good look bruh!"

When he got up from the table on Friday he opened his smoking jacket only to reveal the G on his chest which stands for "The Gangsta Got his money and is Going to the crib to Get his woman to buy some Gucci just cuz he's Got it! Get it? Now Get out of my way!"

How in the world did New Orleans think that they weren't going to give Cool Brees whatever he wanted? He could have asked for complete ownership of the City and they would have had to give it to him at this point. They're desperate and in my opinion still won't make the playoffs. Why, cuz it's the NFL son! They're missing too many pieces to think that they're going to limp in and still be one of the best teams in the league. Yeah, Brees threw for 5476 yards and 46 TD's last year but he was driving a brand new Bugatti at the time. Now that joint has been crashed and stripped down in the 9th Ward somewhere and it's a shell of itself. To think that some cat is going to come in for one season and keep the water out of the boat with the same intensity as Sean Payton is simply asinine and disrespectful to the other 31 head coaches in the league.

Don't think for one minute that the Saints are going to be as good this year even with the $100M man. He knows it too. That's why he'll play all season with his smoking jacket on under his uniform while they pump that Luther "If this world were mine" into his headset while he's on the field! Win or lose on the field, he's already won off of it bruh and in real talk that's pretty much all that matters this year!

P.S. Clearly this is all for fun! I don't know if Brees even owns a smoking jacket!

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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