RB Sapp takes cut to stay
Denver Broncos03/21/2008 2:08 PM The Denver Post reports for all the problems the Broncos experienced in winning games in 2007 and meeting the budget in 2008, they must be doing something right. Given a choice, Broncos players have developed a pattern of accepting a pay cut to stay rather than leave for more money. The latest example was free-agent FB Cecil Sapp, who will return for the 2008 season after agreeing to a one-year $605,000 salary and $40,000 signing bonus Thursday. "In one place in particular, they offered him more money," said Dave Canter, Sapp's agent. "But Cecil told me, 'I could make more money playing football elsewhere, but I may not have the experience or the closeness that I have in Denver.' " Read more