G. Host
04-03-2006, 08:26 PM
The new deal will result in more spoiled children. Deal takes away ability of teams to enforce deals. Not happy with deal? Threaten to retire and keep money. Not happy with spotlight? Act like a spoiled child and you can only punished very little. Not be a team player? Does not make a difference for team can not make you sit without Players Association crying and creating a dirty diaper.
From player rep Vincent who seems more concerned about winning get-out-of-jail-free cards than games:
Among the bigger accomplishments Vincent believes the Players Association made was getting more favorable language for the players for situations like that of Terrell Owens and on signing bonus forfeitures. Disciplinary action against a player is limited to four weeks and includes weeks when a player is deactivated, thereby removing the option the Eagles made use of with Owens last season.
A player can only lose 25 percent of his signing bonus that year if he acts in a way that undermines his ability to fully participate in a game. An example would be Kellen Winslow Jr.'s motorcycle accident.
NFL teams can't get back signing bonus money if a player retires. It would have to be negotiated in a player's contract for it to happen. Barry Sanders premature retirement would be an example.
Teams also can't go back and collect signing bonuses, performance bonuses or escalators earned in past years, like the Dolphins tried to do with Ricky Williams.
http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=3690
I wouldn't wear a Vinvent jersey if someone paid for my ticket to the game!
From player rep Vincent who seems more concerned about winning get-out-of-jail-free cards than games:
Among the bigger accomplishments Vincent believes the Players Association made was getting more favorable language for the players for situations like that of Terrell Owens and on signing bonus forfeitures. Disciplinary action against a player is limited to four weeks and includes weeks when a player is deactivated, thereby removing the option the Eagles made use of with Owens last season.
A player can only lose 25 percent of his signing bonus that year if he acts in a way that undermines his ability to fully participate in a game. An example would be Kellen Winslow Jr.'s motorcycle accident.
NFL teams can't get back signing bonus money if a player retires. It would have to be negotiated in a player's contract for it to happen. Barry Sanders premature retirement would be an example.
Teams also can't go back and collect signing bonuses, performance bonuses or escalators earned in past years, like the Dolphins tried to do with Ricky Williams.
http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=3690
I wouldn't wear a Vinvent jersey if someone paid for my ticket to the game!