WilliamCooper
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An agent can only act on what his principal instructs him to act upon. Doing anything else is malpractice. It would be like your attorney telling you that you need to plea out and you saying no, I want to go to trial--your attorney MUST take it to trial, or ask the court for permission to withdraw.
This situation went down two ways: (1) Kam calls Alvin Keels (who is a 757 guy and reps many players from that area) and says, "hey I want more money moved forward to 2016 or I am holding out." Keels says "Kam they won't re-do a deal with that much time left." Kam says, "do it, you work for me, or I'll find someone who will do it!" Or (2) Keels says, "Kam, you're 27, I think you're getting below market value, lets see if we can get more money." Kam says either "yes, let's do it," or "no way, I am not holding out and putting myself in financial trouble."
Either way, Kam and ONLY KAM, is the one who can make the decision. This isn't about Kam getting "bad advice." This is the exact garbage you hear from athletes that make 50 or 60 million dollars over a career and lose it all, only to think their agent gave them bad advice, not that they gambled it away and spent it maintaining a 20 man posse.
In this United States, you have freedom to contract. We are all presumed to be of sound mind and capable of reading the English language. Kam understood the CBA and how contracts work in his profession. Please stop blaming his agent for this mess. Kam Chancellor made the decision to hold out, period.
This situation went down two ways: (1) Kam calls Alvin Keels (who is a 757 guy and reps many players from that area) and says, "hey I want more money moved forward to 2016 or I am holding out." Keels says "Kam they won't re-do a deal with that much time left." Kam says, "do it, you work for me, or I'll find someone who will do it!" Or (2) Keels says, "Kam, you're 27, I think you're getting below market value, lets see if we can get more money." Kam says either "yes, let's do it," or "no way, I am not holding out and putting myself in financial trouble."
Either way, Kam and ONLY KAM, is the one who can make the decision. This isn't about Kam getting "bad advice." This is the exact garbage you hear from athletes that make 50 or 60 million dollars over a career and lose it all, only to think their agent gave them bad advice, not that they gambled it away and spent it maintaining a 20 man posse.
In this United States, you have freedom to contract. We are all presumed to be of sound mind and capable of reading the English language. Kam understood the CBA and how contracts work in his profession. Please stop blaming his agent for this mess. Kam Chancellor made the decision to hold out, period.