Is Shemar holding out?

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(4 hours ago)R3stangs Wrote: Extreme but if he's not concerned about being able to abide by league rules it seems as if this wouldn't be an issue for him.

If the Bengals weren't concerned about finagling ways to create minor faults in order to negate players guaranteed rookie contracts, it wouldn't be an issue for them.

Heck, if the Bengals would NEGOTITATE rather than dictate a change in a contract, it wouldn't be an issue for anyone. This is all because they want to change things for just 1 specific player for the worse, with no compromise concession in return.

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Mike Brown's little soundbite there just did the equivalent of saying.... "having the police called on you could mean a lot of things, the details of which I am not going to get into, but one thing I know gets the police called on you is MURDER. I don't think it's fair that someone can MURDER someone and I have to pay them while they're in jail."

Sure Mike, and you know what else the police get called for? Noise complaints, mistaken identity, lies.

Conduct detrimental can mean literally anything the NFL wants it to mean. It doesn't mean you need to be guilty. Even if you're found not guilty, it can still be conduct detrimental. You can have done nothing wrong and there can still be conduct detrimental.

"It is not enough simply to avoid being found guilty of a crime."
"Conduct that undermines or puts at risk the integrity and reputation of the NFL, NFL clubs, or NFL players."

(Which is literally just a catchall of "it is because we say it is.")