Chase not Practicing

[casear2727]

(08-30-2024, 10:22 AM)Whatever Wrote: Your logic has a big hole.

You can't argue that teams should hold players to their contracts when teams are free to refuse to honor contracts whenever they wish.  I mean, the Bengals didn't honor the contracts of some 3 dozen guys they let go in final cuts, just for starters.

The only way the owners have a moral high ground when it comes to holding players to contracts is if they make all contracts fully guaranteed in the next CBA, which will never happen.

In this case, we're dealing with a player who's current deal wasn't negotiated in good faith.  It was a slotted "take it or leave it" deal after being drafted.  That's a big reason there's more urgency in the Chase camp.  

(08-30-2024, 11:10 AM)Whatever Wrote: But no rookie bound by a rookie deal was a member of the Union or had a vote when the current CBA was agreed to.

But again, you can't argue that players should have to honor contracts on a moral basis, but teams are free to disregard them as they see fit.

I do not understand when people say that teams are not honoring contracts?  The contracts are based upon perceived production and other factors.  NFL contracts stipulate how much of the deal is guaranteed.  A contract can absolutely have non-guaranteed aspects.  

Every team honors these contracts, if they do not they can be sued and will easily lose in court.  Players are NOT forced to sign these contracts.  The rookie contract scale is what the NFL organization requires to participate.  They didn't have to allow the players union to participate in the parameters, but they did.

Teams and fans should want every player to out produce their current contracts, it doesn't mean that the team is obligated to change the current contract.  And if a player doesnt produce to the level of the contract, every team is obligated to pay the player any guarantees in their contract.

Chase is not honoring his contract, that fact is indisputable.   I think it would be best for the Bengals to get the deal done with Chase for multiple reasons.