Overhaul Victim: Sinisa Ubiparipovic
By: Dave Martinez | July 10th, 2008
Beneath all the recent excitement from the fans about the new signings lies the tremors of Red Bull players, quaking in their boots. Paycuts are on their way. Jobs may very well be lost. And everyone knows it.
Its in this vain that I would like to present to your our first overhaul victim: Sinisa Ubiparipovic. Sinisa, a second year player whom, as of late, has showed great growth on the ball, has seen his salary slashed in half - from 33k to 17k.
Brutal.
How does one live in the tristate area on those rates? I am guessing Sinisa’s menu will be exclusively Cup of Noodle.
Coach Osorio has maintained that the players whom are in danger of being cut or in the salary slashing range have been told well in advance of the possibilities of this horid news. So one would suspect that Ubiparipovic has had a heads up. Regardless, how is one to prepare for such a drastic pay cut?
For those who don’t know, the Red Bulls recently dusted the cobwebs off of another obscure rule - 2 guaranteed contracts a year may be renegotiated after the guaranteed deadline in order to further shape a squad.
So much for a guarantee. But the rules being as they are, Osorio has found his first victim. Not the most deserving - just the first.
Personally, I could name 1000000 other players that deserve this fate more than Sinisa. But in the overall scope, this is a business, and in the job of improvements, their will be casualties.
What are your thoughts? Is this the kind of cold hearted, win at all costs mentality you have been looking for from your Coach? Or has the first victim of improvement been an unfortunate casualty of the teams mediocrity?
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damn. I was astounded when our draftee was offered the17k and considered that an insult. But a player who not only has a contract but is a 2nd year guy and actually in our starting 11 often enough … wow!?!
17K might as well be a firing without a severance package.
17K cant buy you gas to and from the stadium for a season.
17K is just enough to insult you. zero makes you hungry. 17K makes you insulted.
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JCO is not cold! I would dump 6 today, take the new 4 youve written of, and 2 new forwards. The situation is a reflection of the MLS gar. contract date of June 1st, not being in sinc with transfer window, ending Aug. 15th, as well as our present economic climate. The 17k stinks but that is the MLS Cap problem, like Brunner, no fault of JCO but maybe the owners. He has to hang tough, and hope to make it up, in a better future. p.s. I need to fed ex the kid pasta! You need to send me some utz!
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17k is so harsh. I would think 25k is roughing it. 17 . . . wow. But I will give it to em, Sinisa is still playin.
Martha - best part of the food was the pork sammich. Good stuff. Fed exing it now lol
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This is a completely cold hearted move. I RESPECT the fact that it was a tough decision, but just cut the man so he can make a decent living wage somewhere else. Its understandable that you have to make cuts to get better but all this does is insult Sinisa and make it incredibly difficult for the man to live.
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The cold reality is - who would take a mid season chance on an unproven second year midfielder? Not many. Sinisa also knows that New York, for better or worse, gets great attention. You weight your options, or in this case, pick your poison, and hope you can survive. I hope his salary is bumped again next season and then some.
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This is ridiculous. Incentives are one thing, but 17k isn’t a living wage, and shows the dire need for a player’s union.
How are we supposed to call it a professional league if players can’t live on the wages?
I say up the minimum salary to 30k, and make the first 45k not count against the salary cap. 17k for a professional sports player is an insult.
I don’t love Sinisa, but against Echeverry, Boyens and others he looks downright talented. People make more working at walmart. And don’t give me the ‘following your dream’ crap, this is an insult and should not be allowed. I’m willing to forgive poor performance, but how can you be expected to play well, or at all for that matter, when you don’t know what your next paycheck will be?
If wal-mart treats it’s employees better than MLS, I’m going to stop watching, there are enough leagues and games I can catch online and on FSC than to support a league that treats it’s players this badly.
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Why not just put Reyna on the season ending injury list to free up the roster spot (you can increase your senior roster above 30k spots by the number of players on season ending injury if they are put on the list instead of having to move down to the dev max 17k). Did you have the dev spot or did someone else get cut for it?
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Wow. And of all the players to start with, too. Sinisa and DVDB have pretty much been carrying this team for the last month or so.
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Sinisa has shown great attacking flair and seems to be developing as a player. Why has he been punished with this absurd cut? This is why MLS needs a STRONG players union at the very least ensure that clubs honor “guaranteed contracts” and make it possible for players to earn a living.
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A stronger union is definitely a necessity. And Mike, as of late, your totally right.
And as far as Reyna, putting a DP on a season ender is death sentence. Metro fans would drown the team in complaints and blame.
Joseph - I am hoping next season there is some change. But honestly, the league looks like its going to be playing with small incremental changes till about 2010.
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