Originally Posted by D-Money

I agree about the back in the day thing. I used to hate to hear the older players say that. they sounded like haters.

But the money issue I don't think had any part of it. Those endorsement deals make up for it and he would have had that no matter where he played. He would have had more deals since he'd be considered a "loyal" local town hero. Sponsors love to be associated with loyalty. How many sponsors want to be associated with a trader or someone who wasn't classy about their actions? That's his new perception, my guess is he would have made way more in endorsements had he stayed and played cool with the city.