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Creative accounting caps Martin deal

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Friday, August 30, 2002

The lengthy contract discussions that culminated in Thursday's extension agreement between the New York Jets and tailback Curtis Martin brought together two of the NFL's most creative negotiators. And in the case of the Martin contract, player agent Eugene Parker and Jets assistant general manager Mike Tannenbaum -- a couple of astute numbers crunchers and, just as significant, two guys well versed in the art of the deal -- definitely needed to summon their combined creative skills. There is n ...

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