Negotiation Situation

If you don't know already Darrelle Revis has caused the second top story of this year's NFL off-season behind Brett Favre off course. Revis who held out of training camp

and most of the preseason

wanted more than what he had. This was not only a distraction to his team but to the organization in a whole. People think that these negotiations and holding out of contracts only happen in the sports world because that's what our culture leans towards. Recently in the later months of summer of 2010 Disney and Time

Warner Cable have been working on a negotiation to get Disney's channels such as ABC and ESPN to go through Time Warner Cable networks. This deal could bring millions to both. But why isn't this negotiation as big as Darrelle Revis? Is it really a bigger deal to focus on this one man rather than a full production company? In some minds it is better business. But that business brings major distraction to teams such as the

Jets even if the players of those teams say that they are not distracted, they are. The players merely say they are not distracted so the media doesn't bombard them with more questions.

In the Time Warner Cable deal with Disney I am sure that a lot of the company focus was on this deal but it didn't distract the entire company. There business as the company was to get the deal done without any distraction. Shouldn't major sports teams such as the Jets follow the same path? The media can ask the Jets as many questions as they want but the Jets don't have to answer anything. The one negotiation with only one person wanting more has made the headlines and proven to be bigger than a whole organization. So I ask myself the question, is it really worth it to pay attention to a guy who wants more money? Or is it worth it to pay attention to something that may affect my own life?

I wish I could pay more attention to a contract that will affect me personally but the negotiation of one man consumed my thoughts. Keep this in mind, which would you rather pay more attention to? Be honest with yourself and don't just say what you want. Remember the media always has an influence in big time deals and your thoughts will be twisted by what they say.