Randall Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Front-office execs read in horror the new rules as they apply to discipline. The forfeiture provision for new contracts favors the player, not the team. • Teams can't get back signing-bonus money if a player voluntarily retires; that has to be negotiated into a player's contract. In the past, teams could ask a player to pay back the proration of the remaining part of his contract if he retires in the early stages or in the middle of the contract . • A player can lose only 25 percent of his signing bonus that year if he acts in a way that "undermines his ability to fully participate in an exhibition game or a regular season game." A second occurrence could cost him the remaining 75 percent, but how many players get two Terrell Owens-like suspensions? • Teams can't do a Ricky Williams and go back and collect signing bonuses, performance bonuses or escalators earned in past years. Williams quit the Dolphins to live a temporary life of smoking dope and healing holistically. The Dolphins gave him an $8.4 million bill because of the forfeiture language in his contract. Not anymore. This sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 • A player can lose only 25 percent of his signing bonus that year if he acts in a way that "undermines his ability to fully participate in an exhibition game or a regular season game." A second occurrence could cost him the remaining 75 percent, but how many players get two Terrell Owens-like suspensions? This sucks. 1386944[/snapback] Perhaps we will be finding out this year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutrun Jellies Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 I am amazed at these concessions. Not good for the overall game by any means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebartender Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 • Teams can't get back signing-bonus money if a player voluntarily retires; that has to be negotiated into a player's contract. In the past, teams could ask a player to pay back the proration of the remaining part of his contract if he retires in the early stages or in the middle of the contract . This sucks. 1386944[/snapback] I am guessing this will be negotiated in every contract from now on. If not, a player can sign a big contract and retire the next day and keep all the signing bonus. I don't even want to hear people complaining about how owners can cut players without notice anymore. Seems like the players can do the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSupe4You Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Just shows everything that is wrong with unions these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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