Brandon Meriweather did not play out his entire rookie contract with the Patriots, so he knows firsthand what it’s like to miss out on money due to him, however big or small.
Making his weekly appearance on Toucher & Rich, Meriweather said the first thing he would change about the NFL is that he would make contracts guaranteed for players.
"It’s easy I think, because if you could get the money [guaranteed], the players will pretty much go for any damn thing after that," he said. "If you can say, ‘OK, we’re going to do y’all just like baseball and basketball’ -- their contracts are guaranteed, regardless -- man, you could play six games a week and we wouldn’t give a damn.
"The problem is our money is not guaranteed. You could sign five for 50 (million) and get cut after a year and you only made 10 (million). Thats’ the biggest thing that I think we [should change] now, is the money aspect."