Deme Philson

Brian Burns says athletes love saying it’s a business until the business makes a decision they don’t agree with “Not getting extended in Carolina was my pivot. People say they understand it’s a business until they go through it.” “I was always one to say, ‘Yeah, I know it’s a business. Take care of your body, all that. I got it.’ But when you really go through the ups and downs of contract negotiations and thinking you’re supposed to get something that isn’t entitled to you, that’s when you really realize it’s a business.” “No matter how much I did for Carolina, or how much I thought I should’ve got paid, or just being a nice guy and doing everything right, at the end of the day, our timelines didn’t match up. That’s the business part.” “I understood that, but it took me some time to go through those emotions and understand, ‘Yeah, it just didn’t match.’ I made that pivot. I’m okay. Being in New York, I’m doing good.”