Michael WinterMs. ChoEnglish 1022/20/12SWA StasisTonight I have to write about our group topic for class. Our group was supposed to find 3similar articles on sports that are fairly recent. All my group members chose different articles, but I chose an article on Payton Manning and the situation involving him leaving the Indianapolis Colts. Peyton has played for the Colts his entire career since he was drafted numberone overall in the 1998 draft. He has been arguably the top quarter back for the past 10 or so years in the National Football League. Starting in the off season Peyton had started undergoing neck surgery for injuries he acquired the previous season. All summer long there were rumors ofwhether or not Peyton would be playing in the 2011 season. The beginning of the season was getting closer and closer and each and every day ESPN would discuss the probability of Peyton playing in a regular season game. At first, the rumors were that he would only miss a small portion of the season and be back and ready to play in no time. The season was only a few weeks away and the news came that Peyton would miss the entire season due to multiple neck surgeries. The Indianapolis Colts were one of the best teams for the past decade, but after losing Peyton to injuries they become one of the worst and only won a few meaningless games. This then started the rumors whether Peyton Manning would leave the Indianapolis Colts to join anew team. These rumors seemed to be true because of a college quarterback by the name of Andrew Luck who was predicted to go to the Colts number one in the draft during the offseason. This seemed valid because he is supposed to be the next big thing at the quarterback position. This article I have chosen to look at argues that the best thing to do for the Colts would not be totrade him, but to resign Peyton and keep him in Indianapolis. This would be in the best interest for the Colts owner, but the decision is ultimately up to Peyton. Moving to another team adds to the pressure of his recovery from neck fusion. His new team would want to see him throw in the offseason program and minicamps. It would want him to work out before signing him. Although he is gaining strength throwing the ball, it's hard to think he's able to throw at a Peyton Manning level now.Manning has been cleared by doctors to take hits, but he needs time to gain more strength in the triceps muscle. In Indianapolis, Manning isn't under pressure to do anything until the start of the season. The Colts will have probable first pick Andrew Luck to handle training camp if Manning hasn't regained full strength.The contract talks could be tricky. Manning could delay the team's deadline for giving him a $28 million option bonus, but that doesn't make much sense. If he delays the option bonus and is released in May or June, most of the other teams will have resolved their quarterback issues.Releasing Manning has its own problems. He received a $20 million signing bonus last year, so the Colts would have $16 million of dead money upon hisrelease. Cutting Manning would be only a $3 million hit on this year's cap, but because the Colts have just $11 million of cap room and plenty of needs, that number is