A federal arbitrator has ruled in favor of Drew Brees and against the Saints in a dispute over the franchise tag. Brees had believed that the FT could only be applied to a player 3 total times during their career while the Saint's stated position was that the CBA allowed each team to tag any player up to 3 times. Now the tag that the Chargers had placed on Brees counts as the first time and the Saints have placed the second FT on Brees this off season. This is huge news for Brees and Saint's fans everywhere. It will get the ball rolling on a new contract and here's why. If the Saints fail to sign Brees to a long term contract now and are forced to place the FT on him again next season, the 3rd and last time, he'd be eligible for a 140% pay raise. That folks would be $40M for the next 2 seasons. Leverage? You betcha!
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