{"id":412908,"date":"2026-01-17T12:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/412908\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T12:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:23:10","slug":"giants-john-harbaugh-haggle-over-contract-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/412908\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants, John Harbaugh haggle over contract “language”"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, nothing is done until it\u2019s done. And a deal between the Giants and coach John Harbaugh is not done.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the latest, from Adam Schefter of ESPN.com: \u201cGiants and John Harbaugh still are working through the details of their contract, and it is not yet done, per sources. The final issues aren\u2019t over money; it\u2019s over language<\/a>. \u2018There\u2019s no derailment and nothing has changed,\u2019 one source said. Talks continue, and the two sides are working to get it across the finish line.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLanguage\u201d is very, very broad. Unless they\u2019re arguing over whether it will be written in English or Spanish, the delay can be about anything other than money.<\/p>\n

It could be control over the roster. Over the draft. It could relate to whether Harbaugh will report to G.M. Joe Schoen, or whether Schoen will report to him. Or whether they\u2019ll both report directly to ownership.<\/p>\n

It could be over (as we recently learned<\/a>) whether Harbaugh can resign and immediately go to work for a new team without compensation to the Giants. Or maybe Harbaugh is taking a stand against the boilerplate requirement that any\/all disputes be resolved in the NFL\u2019s secret, rigged, kangaroo court of arbitration presided over by the Commissioner.<\/p>\n

Really, haggling over language could be about anything. The only thing we know it isn\u2019t about it money.<\/p>\n

At some point, they need to get it done. At some point, if one side or the other doesn\u2019t bend or offer a win-win compromise, an impasse will arise.<\/p>\n

Either way, Harbaugh has the leverage. The cat is out of the bag. If the Giants don\u2019t seal the deal, they\u2019ll be perceived as losers. So, if Harbaugh holds the line on whatever the issue is (or issues are), the Giants have no choice but to blink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No, nothing is done until it\u2019s done. And a deal between the Giants and coach John Harbaugh is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-412908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}