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Patriots Must Give Brady Whatever He Wants

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The following is an unpaid political plea:

Pay the man.

Talking to you, Bob Kraft. Give him the up-front bonus he deserves and then go get some help for your soccer team.

I read our man Bert Breer’s intricate opus in the July 25 Globe concerning Tom Brady’s contract, its relationship to the forthcoming labor brouhaha and its comparison with the Peyton Manning situation. And then I read it again. And again. I’m glad it’s Bert’s job to get a handle on all this stuff, and not mine. I’ve never been much good at this salary-cap stuff, whether it’s basketball (with exotica such as base-year compensation), or football (with franchising and the like). ...

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