Chase not Practicing

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(08-29-2024, 08:45 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Of course his agent, and Tee's are in there muddying up the water. But the bottom line is the agent works for the player. I was OK with Chase not practicing in camp, but at this point I'm not ok with it, and even less ok with his hints he may not suit up. I hope they sue him for breach of contract. Mr. "I'm not selfish" turned into quite the diva.

Peak Karen.

There's nothing in his contract that says he MUST keep playing football. Just that if he keeps playing football he must play for the Bengals and not another team. It's not slavery.

The NFL largely doesn't go to courts but handles things through their grievance system. Good luck on trying to avoid the fact that NFL teams just cut >1,100 players that were under contract.

Also lets say you DO just do the most absurd shit and try to take a player to actual court for a lawsuit over this. No good player would EVER sign with you again, and everyone else in FA would demand more and more guaranteed to sign with you. Nobody wants to work for a PoS and the great players have too many choices to settle. You'll find yourself with a lot of 1st rounders Eli Manning...ing you.

(08-29-2024, 10:30 AM)Nepa Wrote: If they sign Chase to another deal, is it possible to put language into the contract that if he does a hold-out or hold-in for a new contact again during the length of the contract that he has to forfeit a pro-rated portion of the guaranteed money? Something so that this doesn't happen again two years from now after he's signed a monster contract and decides to not practice until he get's an even bigger contract.

No player would ever sign that. How do you prove it's a hold-in and not a soft tissue injury? If the player has the ability to have the last word that it's an injury and not a hold-in then it's pointless for it to exist in the contract. If a team has the last word that it's a hold-in and not an injury, then a player would be giving a team complete power to force them to play through injury or risk losing millions of dollars.

Hell, look at the Reds. They're constantly telling players they should come back and play despite them needing surgery or not fully healed yet and then the injury lingers or gets re-aggravated.