Is Shemar holding out?

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(Yesterday, 10:33 AM)Nepa Wrote: After some time reflecting on this issue, I have landed on the same place as you. I have seen some posters saying that if the Bengals are going to implement this clause, then they should give some additional benefit to the Shemar. I don't know why that would be the case. If it's a standard clause other teams have had for years, implementing that should not impact the amount of money dispersed to Shemar.

Furthermore, Shemar should be grateful that he was selected #17, and thus he has been slotted financially that high. There are many analysts that felt this was a reach for someone with so few sacks in college; at any rate, if the Bengals had not selected him, he could have been selected much later and be looking at considerably less money just from fitting into a later slot. 

Maybe the Bengals can just throw a little bit more money at him so that he and his agent can save face, but I think it is Shemar that needs to be the one that gives in if indeed it is this clause that he is reacting to by holding out.

1. It's not about extra. It's about the fair payout of existing guarantees. If you have this language and you want to give him 20% at signing and then the other 80% at the end of the year, that's not exactly fair. If you're the signee and you're getting 50%-75% at signing, then the rest at the end of the year, this language is easier to swallow, since you've already gotten the majority up front. It's not really fair to say, sign this, with this language and here's your 20% so if you're a knucklead between now and December, we get to keep the largest portion of what would have been your guarantee. 

2. No one should be grateful they signed at any position. If a team drafts you, they like you at that spot. They don't say, "well, we drafted you early so you should be grateful and take less because you weren't projected til pic X". No team does that. 

3. It's not about saving face. It's about both sides getting a fair deal.