07-05-2006, 08:13 PM
I would argue that: "It's not about the money" is the biggest crock of sh*t used by pro athletes today.
Case in point: Zdeno Chara.
"It wasn't the money or that I wanted to run away. I just had to move on."
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Yet, before that one he gave: "I believe they thought I was going to get an offer around $6 million and then I was going to call them to say I wanted to come back," said Chara. "We had 23 teams contacting us. We had 15 teams make offers and seven teams over $7 million (San Jose, Los Angeles, Edmonton, Washington, Toronto, New York Rangers and New Jersey)."
But it wasn't about the money. Uh, OK.
Case in point: Zdeno Chara.
"It wasn't the money or that I wanted to run away. I just had to move on."
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Yet, before that one he gave: "I believe they thought I was going to get an offer around $6 million and then I was going to call them to say I wanted to come back," said Chara. "We had 23 teams contacting us. We had 15 teams make offers and seven teams over $7 million (San Jose, Los Angeles, Edmonton, Washington, Toronto, New York Rangers and New Jersey)."
But it wasn't about the money. Uh, OK.