Dannell Ellerbe signs with the Miami Dolphins

[A Fish Called Yanda]

I don't think it's fair to compare the differences between two multi-million dollar salaries to the difference between a $45,000 and $70,000 job.

As you get richer, the value of each additional dollar goes down. For instance (speculating): if Ellerbe was offered $5,045,000 mil by the Ravens, and $5,070,000 by the Dolphins, he would have stayed here.

Seeing that we were only able to offer him $4.5 mil, compared to $7mil from the Dolphins, I understand why he made that choice. There is a huge difference in those salaries. But I don't know if I could bring myself to go and play for such a terrible team.

[blackbird29]

Dolphins fans are predicting a massive turnaround and even a SB run since they got Wallace and now Ellerbe. I hope they get what they paid for but I don't see it happening. Cap casualty?

[1/28/01]

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I don't think it's fair to compare the differences between two multi-million dollar salaries to the difference between a $45,000 and $70,000 job.

As you get richer, the value of each additional dollar goes down. For instance (speculating): if Ellerbe was offered $5,045,000 mil by the Ravens, and $5,070,000 by the Dolphins, he would have stayed here.

Seeing that we were only able to offer him $4.5 mil, compared to $7mil from the Dolphins, I understand why he made that choice. There is a huge difference in those salaries. But I don't know if I could bring myself to go and play for such a terrible team.
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Yeah, its based on ratio. Pretty sure thats how everyone would look it. Of course $5.1M and $5.15M are of little difference. Whereas $100k and $150k is a massive difference.

[arnie_uk]

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That was my initial reaction, you know how everyone here posts something right away without giving thought to why it happened. Then I thought about it and realized 7M was too much for him.
[/quote]you do this at east twice daily.... Twice more than any normal person that thinks before they speak or in this case write

[dirtybird10]

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Doesnt matter what level its at. Money is money and this is a business. 100% guarantee if you were Ellerbe, and these where your offers, you'd be off to Miami as well. They need to make what they can, when they can.
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LOL Seriously! The guy just won a superbowl. That is the highest team accolade there is. He is going for money and for 5 year $35 million, I'd freakin walk to Miami.

[dirtybird10]

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Dolphins fans are predicting a massive turnaround and even a SB run since they got Wallace and now Ellerbe. I hope they get what they paid for but I don't see it happening. Cap casualty?
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Yea! Wallace will not be their cure all, hell they had Brandon Marshall and couldn't do squat. Ellerbe although a very good player, is not a defensive cure all not by a long shot, and they just tied up 20 million per year on those two positions alone, and I believe they made a couple other big signings. I will look for the Dolphins to make huge salary cap purge in the next 2-3 seasons.