Is Shemar holding out?

[BFritz21]

They've been saying it's the language of the contract, and we all kind of assumed that it was just the FO screwing things up like usual, but more details about the specific language that is the problem came out today, and I actually side with the team on this.

The wording is apparently just the team protecting itself from Stewart acting a fool and being a problem, which, being an adult that's going to make millions of dollars, why shouldn't he be held to standards that common people making minimum wage are held to?

This doesn't sound like something that would stop me from signing a multi-million dollar contract:

Quote:"They're [the Bengals] basically putting in a default clause that says, if the player defaults and a default could be a breach like a discipline issue, a steroid or drug test issue, a morals clause issue, getting in trouble, being suspended, being fined, whatever default is defined as, you can void future guarantees,"

Just don't do steroids or drugs, ok.

Don't break the law and be a decent human being, ok.

Follow the rules of the game, ok.

And let's be honest, they're not going to void any years or risk pissing him off and losing him as a player for anything minor like a personal foul or getting arrested for jay walking. They're talking about no arrests for drugs, violence, DUIs, or anything like that.

This is the organization finally saying "we (and the league) have a standard that you must abide by to play on this team, so just be a decent human being and we'll make you a rich man."

I honestly gained a little bit more respect for the organization for taking this stance and Stewart needs to grow up and start acting like an adult. He needs to realize that this is a business.