hawknation2018":3e2x3asw said:
edogg23":3e2x3asw said:
Popeyejones":3e2x3asw said:
The CBA allows teams to not honor the contracts they sign. Let that sink in.
In exchange for that the CBA allows players to hold out WHILE accruing financial penalty, but only up to 8 weeks into the season at which point it becomes irrational for them to not report in 100% of cases.
When players hold out they are doing so in accordance with the rules that have been negotiated with the owners. They’re not breaking their contracts or violating their contracts — they’re doing something in accordance with the rules of their contracts.
As for who is getting the better deal here, it is obvious: one side doesn’t have to honor contracts at all, and the other side is allowed to take on 8 weeks of financial penalty before being forced to honor their contracts.
If you want the players to be forced to always honor their contracts, make teams always honor their contracts. It’s that simple. Unless that’s what you want you don’t actually have a problem with this, as it’s the teams, not the players, who are getting away with robbery in the current system.
Not true at all. If this was true why are the Seahawks paying Kam this year and half his salary next year. NFL teams have to honor the guaranteed portions of salaries. Players know what they are signing up for. It’s their fault for agreeing to the terms in the first place.
Exactly. It's incorrect to say that the "CBA allows teams to not honor the contracts they sign." Individual players and teams agree to specific terms that must be honored. If the team and player wanted to, they could agree to a contract that was fully guaranteed, as the Vikings did with Kirk Cousins. Saying one side doesn't have to honor contracts, at all, is just utter BS.
And just to pile on the whole thing, ET's contract made him the highest paid safety in the NFL at the time. He got his "respect" in the form of the dollars he wanted. You don't get to hold out to be the top paid every time someone else makes more. You ride out your top-paid salary and when it comes to the end hopefully you have played well enough to get another one.
Also, if ET plays at his normal level, the Seahawks will honour every cent of his contract. He's not in danger of being cut.
These are grown men. Most of them have degrees from major universities. They have agents who can clarify any point in the contract they want clarified. They sign the contracts knowing what they are getting into. If they don't then they *should have* known. Each player is a milti-million-dollar business of which the player is the CEO, so he should know his stuff or put someone else in charge.
As far as "fair" goes, how many of us have contracts with our current employer that guarantee ANY money whatsoever? Who here who is working for someone else can't have his contract (employment) terminated? I live in a country with very liberal employment laws and have worked for my employer for 14 years and even I can be let go without much fanfare. Welcome to the real world.
