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so on tuesday i had negotiations pt II with the wranglers and after about 30 minutes of listening to my agent and the coaches and such talk about me with me sitting there listening like a lil kid they seemed pretty stubborn about what they want to pay me. jim, my agent, threatened that another team was going to pick me up, give me good pay, and im going to plague the wranglers when we play them next season. im sure they hear that kinda threat all the time from agents or whatever, but then jim busts out a list of dates and appointments we have with other teams for me to go there and workout. then he busts out a fax from his company giving him authorization to pay for my flight/stay/expenses in these cities while i go workout for them. he followed it up by sayin, one of these teams is gonna field doug for the price we want THIS season. and doug is gonna take it. and this whole time im thinking 'holy crap he got the authorization?? holy crap NINE cities now??? im gonna take other teams' offers for real!?!?!' so all this was news to me while the meeting was going on. it didnt help that jim didnt brief me the night before because he was drunk at yellow rose.

so the coaches were like...you get other teams contract proposals and we'll see how much the other teams like him and then we can renegotiate. so basically i have to go all over the country to get at least one of these teams to really like me so we have negotiating leverage. so i gotta bring the A game...good thing ive been drinking all weekend and pulled my hamstring last night.

so this weekend it begins....first stop....LAS VEGAS. its on baby. i spend one night there and do my thing and leave, and try to fit in a show and some gambling hopefully (not w/my money of course). other cities im goin to for the next few months are dallas, chicago, new york, spokane (washington), grand rapids (michigan), memphis, arizona, and colorado. 4 of these cities i have to hit up in span of 10 days. (arizona, dallas, grand rapids and chi-town) so i hit up N, S, E, W sides of america in a week....shit is gonna be tiring but im still pumped.

today marked a good day as i worked out my arms..felt ambitious and curled 60lbs dumbells like it was nada. im pumped baby.

oh yea...right now i want over 150k base salary and up to about 300 after bonuses and game pay....its more and more realistic after talkin with coaches and staff so dont think im jus daydreamin or that my agents daydreamin. MONEY for playin a KIDS GAME....holy shit...im so close. if the price is right...im playing (for those wondering what im gonna do)