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Rams, Donald agree to record 6-year deal

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  • Lindsey ThiryESPN

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    • Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times
    • Previously covered the Falcons
    • Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball

The Los Angeles Rams and defensive tackle Aaron Donald have agreed to a six-year deal, the team announced.

  • The star defensive tackle is the latest to get a big deal from the Rams. But with Jared Goff’s contract looming, the window for a title is small and expensive.

  • With a record deal now his, Donald heard from his NFL brethren, heaping their praise on the All-Pro.

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The deal is worth $135 million, including $87 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

It’s the richest defensive deal in NFL history and could keep Donald with the Rams for the next seven years, through the 2024 season.

Donald, who has held out of training camp this season, will be ready for the team’s Monday night opener against the Oakland Raiders on Sept. 10, according to Schefter.

A first-round pick in 2014, Donald was entering the final year of his rookie contract and scheduled to earn $6.9 million this season.

ESPN Stats & Information

Donald, a three-time All-Pro, four-time Pro Bowl selection and 2014 Defensive Rookie of the Year, has 39 career sacks and nine forced fumbles.

His contract resolution ensures that the Rams will open the season with their highly regarded defensive line intact. The Rams signed All-Pro Ndamukong Suh in free agency and return seventh-year pro Michael Brockers.

Donald’s extension has been a work in progress dating to 2017, as he held out for a contract that would make him the highest-paid defensive player, if not among the highest-paid players in the league.

Player Deal Guaranteed
Aaron Donald, DT 6 yrs, $135M $87M
Brandin Cooks, WR 5 yrs, $81M $50.5M
Todd Gurley, RB 4 yrs, $57.5M $45M
Rob Havenstein, OT 4 yrs, $32.5M $16.2M
— ESPN Stats & Information

Negotiations began after the Rams’ 4-12 2016 season, in which Donald — then a third-year pro — finished with 8 sacks, 5 deflected passes and 2 forced fumbles. Donald did not attend the voluntary offseason program but reported to mandatory minicamp to avoid fines. He then held out of training camp and reported to the team’s practice facility on the eve of the 2017 season opener, without a new contract in place. He was activated in Week 2.

Donald’s absence through training camp hardly affected his play, as he went on to finish his fourth season with 11 sacks and five forced fumbles in 14 games and was named the NFL Defensive Player of the Year as the Rams clinched the NFC West and made their first playoff appearance since 2004.

Donald then resumed his holdout pattern as the Rams entered the offseason. He did not attend organized team activities and did not report to mandatory minicamp.

Soccer

Joint UK bid for 2030 World Cup would be 'wise idea', says UEFA chief

Monaco – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said on Friday he is enthusiastic about the prospect of a joint United Kingdom bid to host the 2030 World Cup finals.

The English Football Association recently revealed it was looking into the idea of putting itself forward to host the tournament, and a joint bid with Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland could be a possibility.

The fact that the World Cup is set to increase from 32 to 48 teams for the 2026 tournament in North America means going alone would be a greater challenge for England, which last hosted the World Cup in 1966.

“I think it would be a wise idea. The infrastructure in the UK is very good. In a way, if more countries bid there is more chance to win, but from the other point of view, you have less votes,” Ceferin told journalists in Monaco, where UEFA have been hosting the draws for the group stages of their club competitions.

England went out in the first round of voting to host this year’s World Cup, but has made little secret of its interest in trying again.

It last hosted a major tournament with the European Championship in 1996, although the semi-finals and final of the continent-wide Euro 2020 will be played in London, at Wembley.

However, UEFA only want there to be one European bid, with the 2030 battle set to be against a Moroccan-led North African bid as well as a joint candidacy from Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Ceferin added: “I have said before that after all those years it is time for that part of Europe to get the World Cup but the only thing that I will insist is that there is only one European bid.

“I don’t want Europe to be divided because of the World Cup bid and it would be divided because the voting is public.”

England has submitted a bid to host the women’s Euro in 2021, with Friday the deadline for other possible hosts to come forward.

Meanwhile, UEFA say they are not worried about any possible consequences of Brexit on Euro 2020, with seven matches to played in London in total and four more in Glasgow.

“It may add some complexity but we are used to organising tournaments inside and outside the EU,” said Giorgio Marchetti, the deputy secretary general of European football’s governing body, as he pointed out that matches will also be played in other non-EU venues, such as Baku and Saint Petersburg.

“They gave guarantees and we expect them to be respected.”

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