Is Shemar holding out?

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(Today, 09:13 AM)spidey Wrote: Reading must be hard.  I didn't put lies out there.  I clearly put in "from my understanding"  and if I'm wrong, so be it.  Wouldn't be the first time but then there is this nugget from the bleacher report on 6/13.  

Shemar Stewart's Contract from Bengals Reportedly Has Same Language as Cards, Seahawks.   

The language is unprecedented for the Bengals, not for other teams.

You continuing to phrase it as a "don't be a dumbass" isn't true. It also includes the ability to void if you get punished for on-the-field actions. AKA, playing football. The Seahawks tried to do the same with Bobby Wagner years ago and he held off signing until it got removed. The Jets tried to do the same with Zach Wilson and he held off signing until it got removed.

You saying the Raiders had to pay a guy who went to jail for killing someone is also just not true. They voided the rest of his contract and cut him and he didn't get any future guaranteed money. 

The signing bonus ($9.7m) was already paid, but that's then a legal issue to get the prorated portion of it back, which I am sure they did. So in reality you're talking getting an extra $6m+ of that back as well (same situation happens when players retire and the team doesn't want to let them keep their full signing bonus, they get back the prorated amount). The contract clause in question would do nothing for because it's future guarantees, not taking back money you already paid.