Obviously I don't know the specific situation but as someone who has been drafted (middle rounds) this story doesn't track. A good friend was 3rd round with an agent in 2011 and got 300k. By the time I came through, unless you were a very early rounder and had an agent, you didn't get to negotiate. Take it or leave it. If you are in a position that you might be drafted you are almost always very well educated on the process. "Smart enough to ask" wasn't a thing.
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Obviously I don't know the specific situation but as someone who has been drafted (middle rounds) this story doesn't track. A good friend was 3rd round with an agent in 2011 and got 300k. By the time I came through, unless you were a very early rounder and had an agent, you didn't get to negotiate. Take it or leave it. If you are in a position that you might be drafted you are almost always very well educated on the process. "Smart enough to ask" wasn't a thing.