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Albert Haynesworth proves his worthlessness

Posted by Mike Florio on June 15, 2010 10:00 PM ET

We've criticized defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth the man many times since he decided to try to shred the skin off Andre Gurode's forehead like so much cheddar cheese. Haynesworth simply is not a good person, in our opinion, and he reminds us of that from time to time.

 

Most recently, his decision not to report for a mandatory minicamp barely 15 months after the Redskins gave him a contract with $41 million guaranteed and barely two months after they cut him a check for $20 million demonstrates conclusively that, yes, the man is a turd.

 

This isn't about trying to get a newer, bigger contract. Haynesworth got one of the biggest contracts ever given to a defensive player, and now he doesn't want to earn the money he already has received.

 

The Redskins can't claim they didn't know what they were getting. After his 2006 incident with Gurode, which resulted in a five-game suspension, Haynesworth tried too damn hard to convince people that he had changed. Then, he put the pedal to the metal in 2007 and 2008 through a contract year and a franchise-tag season, playing like a madman in the hopes of scoring a huge contract as a free agent.

 

Now, Haynesworth has decided that he wants to join a new team, after cramming more than $30 million of Daniel Snyder's money into his pockets. Hopefully, no one will offer the Redskins so much as a conditional seventh-rounder for the guy. And anyone who does deserves what they get.

 

Even more hopefully, the Redskins will hold Haynesworth's feet to the fire, fining him and suspending him and doing everything within their power to force him to behave. Though they'll ultimately be unable to collect many of the millions they've given him, they need to make a point to current and future players in the hopes of saving millions more down the road.

 

For now, the Redskins can fine him roughly $10,000 for skipping the minicamp. If he stays out when training camp rolls around, the number increases to more than $16,000 per day.

 

They also likely will be able to pursue a portion of his signing bonus. But since he received only $5 million in a traditional signing bonus, what he'd have to repay pales in comparison to what he's already received. (We're in the process of confirming that the signing bonus repayment obligation applies not only to training-camp holdouts but also where the player skips a mandatory minicamp.)

 

All that said, it's impossible for us to feel too badly for the Redskins, given that they apparently tampered with Haynesworth before he officially became a free agent -- and because anyone with an ounce of common sense knew or should have known that Haynesworth is a sack of headaches waiting to happen.

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KFFL) Washington Redskins DL Albert Haynesworth was a no-show for a team physical prior to minicamp Wednesday, June 16, according to Larry Weisman, of the Washington Redskins.

 

Not that I feel too bad for Dan Snyder, after all he knew he was getting a jerk. However, when player do stuff like this I think they should be sued in an attempt to get $$$ back.

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Rotoworld) The Redskins are pursuing recouping the $21 million option bonus they paid Albert Haynesworth on April 1. Analysis: The bonus was guaranteed, but a league source tells ESPN's Adam Schefter that "this is the type of case where a longshot may be given an extra hard look because it is so egregious." The egregiousness lies in Haynesworth's decision to take the $21 million, then not show up for a mandatory offseason camp two months later. The Skins may wind up shopping Haynesworth, but reportedly not before they make every effort to get back the money.

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So as long as you show up for the games you can get paid? :wacko: Something needs to be done about this. Haynie would be a good test case in court.

just to play devils advocate...if they wanted or expected them to show up for camps etc to get their guaranteed money then why do they dole it out prior to those camps?

 

like it or not those bonuses are given as a way for owners to circumvent the salary cap...that bonus was a ROSTER bonus if I am correct and he was entitled to the money if he was on the roster at such and such a date...just sayin

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just to play devils advocate...if they wanted or expected them to show up for camps etc to get their guaranteed money then why do they dole it out prior to those camps?

 

like it or not those bonuses are given as a way for owners to circumvent the salary cap...that bonus was a ROSTER bonus if I am correct and he was entitled to the money if he was on the roster at such and such a date...just sayin

 

i'm not sure how it works....but if it's a multi-year deal then you need to be on the roster for those years. if your on the roster and do not report for a mandatory camp then are'nt you in violation of your contract?

- i'm not sure if this is correct, but there's alot of "chatter" about the Skins goiing after that bonus...there must be something to it. -just say'n.

 

alot of dead wood on that team...better do something

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just to play devils advocate...if they wanted or expected them to show up for camps etc to get their guaranteed money then why do they dole it out prior to those camps?

 

like it or not those bonuses are given as a way for owners to circumvent the salary cap...that bonus was a ROSTER bonus if I am correct and he was entitled to the money if he was on the roster at such and such a date...just sayin

 

This is bang on. While a signing bonus prorates over the length of a contract to ease the burden of the cap, Haynesworth cashes in now for sitting on the roster. It's disgusting, and the only bonus the Redskins can possibly go after is the paultry $5 million signing bonus. Even then, probably just a portion.

 

If you want to see a properly structured contract to rid the league of this nonsense, look at Michael Crabtree's 'diva' contract.

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this clears it up a little and it's just as bad as y'all said:

 

 

Redskins will have a very hard time getting Haynesworth's bonus money

Posted by Mike Florio on June 18, 2010 3:34 PM ET

We've finally gotten our hands on the full contract between the Redskins and defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth. And it appears based on the language of the contract and the relevant terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement that the Redskins have little or no chance of recovering any of Haynesworth's bonus money in the wake of his decision to skip this week's mandatory minicamp.

 

Based on the terms of the contract itself, the Redskins have the right to recover not only the $21 million in signing bonus money paid on April 1 but also $4,285,716 of the $5 million paid to him in 2009. But the contract ignores specific language in the 2006 CBA, which dramatically limits the forfeiture of cash money from signing bonuses to two specific circumstances.

 

Here's the relevant language, from Article XIV, Section 9(a) of the CBA: "No forfeitures of signing bonuses shall be permitted, except that players and Clubs may agree: (i) to proportionate forfeitures of a signing bonus if a player voluntarily retires or willfully withholds his services from one or more regular season games; and/or (ii) that if a player willfully takes action that has the effect of substantially undermining his ability to fully participate and contribute in either preseason training camp or the regular season (including by willfully withholding his services in either preseason training camp or during the regular season or willfully missing one or more games), the player may forfeit the greater of: (a) 25% of the prorated portion of his signing bonus for the applicable League Year for the first time such conduct occurs after the beginning of training camp until the end of the season for his Club, and the remaining 75% prorated portion of his signing bonus for the applicable year for the second time such conduct occurs during that period that year; or (:wacko: the proportionate amount of his signing bonus allocation for each week missed (1/17th for each regular season week or game missed)."

 

In English, this means that skipping a mandatory minicamp places none of the signing bonus in jeopardy. Ever.

 

 

If Haynesworth fails to show up for even one day of training camp, the Redskins then can pursue 25 percent of the 2010 allocation of the initial $5 million signing bonus, and 25 percent of the 2010 allocation of the $21 million signing bonus paid this year. But if he shows up for training camp (and he reportedly plans to do) and for every game, he gets to keep his money.

 

And the Plaxico Burress grievance from 2009 means that Haynesworth keeps the money even if the team eventually suspends Haynesworth for conduct detrimental to the team. Basically, unless he holds out or retires, he keeps the money.

 

The only tangible consequence at this point arises with respect to the guaranteed nature of Haynesworth's $3.6 million base salary in 2010 and his $5.4 million base salary in 2011. By ditching the mandatory minicamps, the guarantees have been voided. This means that, if they cut him, the Redskins most likely won't have to pay him $9 million in future guaranteed money.

 

Still, as far as we can tell, Haynesworth and the NFLPA are right on this one. He gets to keep his money, even if he doesn't really deserve to do so.

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