Times is running out for owner Jim Irsay as deadline of QB Peyton Manning bonus looms large – NFL News
Time is running out for Indianapolis Colts’ owner, Jim Irsay, in the wake of the looming March 8th deadline, to take a decision on the future of Colts' quarterback, Peyton Manning, even if it is without Colts, to avoid becoming the sole responsibility of
the player’s departure from Indianapolis, and he, in that case, is unlikely to escape a bash from the team's fans and followers.
Messages from Colts' fans carrying pro-Manning slogans and content in other forms have flooded Colts' website and other platforms.
The ball is in the court of the owner to decide the player’s future with or without his team before things get complicated for him.
Almost all the people linked to Indianapolis Colts in any way have been making Irsay responsible for the situation around the uncertainty and confusion of Peyton Manning’s recovery and return to Colts in the future.
One of the reasons behind increasing pressure on the owner is the rash cleansing of his team in which he has sacked all his managers and coaches, and followers of all those people are not happy over his so called rebuilding of the franchise.
The owner has already become sort of a bone of contention and if he in line of fears releases Manning from the team, he will definitely be taking the matter into his own hands, and is set to receive severe criticism from the team's fans and other members
of Colts' football community.
It is the final decision that has become the most important news for all those who have closely been watching developments around the player’s recovery and handling of his matter by Colts, and their curiosity and anxiousness is aggressively increasing by
the continued delay of the process.
Amid all finger-pointing and criticism, it is high time for Irsay to decide if he is going to make the payment of $28 million optional bonus to the player, before or by the deadline of March 8 (2012), or let him go to the free agency, in the face of lack
of surety of his recovery and return.
Both, the player himself and Colts' football community, have expressed their ambitions to see the QB playing for Colts once again, and they are waiting for Irsay to make the final call on whether they will be true to their wishes or go disappointed.
Under the terms of Peyton’s deal with Colts, the QB is due an amount of $28 million in bonus by March 08, and the payment will validate his four-year contract with the team.
If he is not paid, he has the right to go for the free agency and sign a deal with any of the 32 franchises of the National Football League (NFL).
Besides the option of making the payment, Irsay also has a choice of negotiating for an extension in the deadline with the player.
The possibility of the negotiation is not being reported to be on Irsay's mind, and a meeting with the two parties will only determine their future choices and courses.
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