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Id be very suprised if the Colts dont part ways with Corey Simon.
IF, and its a big IF, he comes back from injury and can play, hes a great DT and still has some years in this league.
IF, and its a big IF, he comes back from injury and can play, hes a great DT and still has some years in this league.
-- Simon Still a Big Headache for Colts --
Tue May 15, 2007 --from FFMastermind.com
The Indianapolis Star reports Colts team president Bill Polian said Monday the team still is gathering information regarding the health of veteran DT Corey Simon and has yet to make a decision on his status for the 2007 season. However, the Colts have been unsuccessful in an attempt to recover an $8 million option bonus paid Simon prior to last season as part of the five-year, $30 million contract he signed as a free agent in 2005. Polian described the decision as a "procedural issue'' determined by a similar case involving former Denver wide receiver Ashley Lelie. Based on language in the new labor agreement, the Broncos were unable to recover an option bonus paid to Lelie. A special master ruled in Lelie's favor in November, and a March appeal affirmed that decision. Two additional grievances involving the Colts and Simon are expected to be heard in June. They center around the team's decisions to place Simon on the league's non-football illness/injury list last October because of an undisclosed illness and not pay him $1.9 million of his $2.5 million base salary. If the team parts ways with Simon, who is scheduled to count $7.055 million against the team's $109 million salary cap, he will remain a financial liability. At the very least, the team would have to count the remaining portion of bonuses paid to Simon against the cap. That's approximately $9 million. A possible scenario is for the Colts to release Simon, and split the remaining portion between the '07 (approximately $3 million) and '08 ($6 million) salary caps.
Tue May 15, 2007 --from FFMastermind.com
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