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#126
#126
Dave Lawson ‏@UTCoachLawson 1h1 hour ago
Congrats to Owen for signing with Atlanta. One of the hardest working and most humble players around. #Class #Tough

Just saw this on twitter. figured someone else had, but they have been preoccupied peeing for distance over the cost of living in Moronifornia.
 
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#128
#128
VolnJC said:
Wes Rucker ‏@wesrucker247 4m4 minutes ago
Not sure where #Vols WR Marquez North is going to sign, but MANY teams are trying to get him.
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HaHa, that just sounds funny-- if MANY teams are trying to get him, then why didn't one of them draft him?!
 
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#129
#129
allvol123 said:
My angle is that pay might be ok in a city like Nashville but really is squat in other places.
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Ok I guess.

It's a free country - no one has to do anything.

He could always choose to move back home and get a job. Or join the military. Or whatever.

I also doubt seriously that Marquez would agree to being on the practice squad.

He made his choice, now he gets to make the best of it.
 
#130
#130
TNnative said:
Dave Lawson ‏@UTCoachLawson 1h1 hour ago
Congrats to Owen for signing with Atlanta. One of the hardest working and most humble players around. #Class #Tough

Just saw this on twitter. figured someone else had, but they have been preoccupied peeing for distance over the cost of living in Moronifornia.
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Good post, this guy gets it...
 
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#133
#133
A-RodWiLks said:
Very happy for Owen...I think he could end up making that team bc falcons defense is garbage
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Strongest player on Team 119. Why he was not drafted is a case for Scooby- Doo and the gang. Falcons picked up one helluva player. Hope he wrecks havoc.
 
#136
#136
Owen will make the falcons a Super Bowl team. The rest of the NFL have their heads up their ass if they let that player slip out of their hands. #truth.
 
#137
#137
BigOrangeVols said:
C Weatherd to the Saints
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Would love to see Chris catch on there. He's a tweener with poor speed though (ran 4.8 on his pro day), so I'm a bit hard pressed to see how he does. Hope he can make the most of his opportunity and makes at least a practice squad somewhere.
 
#140
#140
ajvol01 said:
Ok I guess.

It's a free country - no one has to do anything.

He could always choose to move back home and get a job. Or join the military. Or whatever.

I also doubt seriously that Marquez would agree to being on the practice squad.

He made his choice, now he gets to make the best of it.
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Is that guy serious, I make 19K a year and get by, barely but I still make it, if they can't make it on 100K then they are idiots.
 
#146
#146
Biopsyman said:
100k before taxes in CA is nothing especially if you live in La, or San Fran..
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Exactly. In addition to agent fees and many states force professional athletes to pay taxes on their work days spent in the state. So if North/Howard, etc. makes the team, gets activated one game and goes to play the Jets, he is paying taxes in NY for his time spent there. Athletes pay under a "work day" rate compared with the season and their salary.
 
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#147
#147
TCbodybuilder said:
Exactly. In addition to agent fees and many states force professional athletes to pay taxes on their work days spent in the state. So if North/Howard, etc. makes the team, gets activated one game and goes to play the Jets, he is paying taxes in NY for his time spent there. Athletes pay under a "work day" rate compared with the season and their salary.
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I know.. It's a rip.. Basically that get 16 checks 8 home and 8 that are suject to taxes for that state.. Nuts
 
#148
#148
But it's better than them not making anything right?! Better to get paid 91k a year not including taxes with a chance to make a roster than to struggle to make ends meet working at a dead end job...
 
#150
#150
VOL 4 Life 83 said:
But it's better than them not making anything right?! Better to get paid 91k a year not including taxes with a chance to make a roster than to struggle to make ends meet working at a dead end job...
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True, but practice squad is not a safe job. Players are routinely released from it throughout the season. The only money that matters in the NFL is the guaranteed salary in your contract.
 
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