# Rothlisfucker deal **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 4, 2008, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rothlisfucker-deal/195883 "2008-03-04T07:24:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 38
**Author:** ![Bravada\_442](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bravada_442/32/5982_2.png) [@Bravada\_442](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bravada_442)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rothlisfucker-deal/195883/38 "2008-03-04T12:51:45Z")
> [@Collections Agencies](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/collections-agencies/35254/5): > > The Steelers could have easily invested in an offensive line this year and put off resigning him till after this coming season. That way the whole no offensive-line excuse would be out and they could get a better idea of his worth. He did still have two years on his rookie contract afterall. Also another year most likely would not have really jacked the numbers up much as the deals he is being compared to were done in prevous years with no real comparable ones for comparison coming up in the next year (Romo and Palmer are of similar experience/age whereas Manning/Brady obviously have rather long proven resumes). > > Also the Steelers should have included a clause saying if the jackass got injured/killed riding a motorcyle without a helmet any/all funds received under the contract would be forfeited back to the team. How exactly do you “invest” in an offensive line in one year? What if the horses aren’t there? Should they just go out and sign a bunch of no names or someone they think can be a stop gap? Rome wasn’t built in a day. Signing professional athletes to contracts is a game of Russian Roulette. If you wait another year, and he has another monster year next year, his price tag increases exponentially. Then again, if he has a terrible year, you might wait another year to sign him, then he has a big year going into free agency and decides to sign elsewhere for gigantic money. This was a preemptive strike by the Steelers to lock up a top flight QB for what is widely considered (at least from what I have read on [si.com](http://si.com) and [espn.com](http://espn.com)) as a fair market value for his abilities. And how do you know whether or not the Steelers included any sort of dangerous activities clauses in his contract? Maybe they did? But, then again you obviously must have read the contract before it went off to the NFLPA and NFL offices for approval, so I won’t dare challenge your thought. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rothlisfucker-deal/195883)._