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(8 hours ago)007BengalsFan Wrote: If other NFL teams have no specific language thats states exactly what detrimental conduct is then the Bengals are not doing anything the rest of the NFL isnt doing.  

As far as having to be found guilty of a crime before the clause can kick in, that's ridiculous.  Rashee Rice was just found guilty over something that happened more than a year ago.  Anyone that watched the Rashee Rice video last year knew what he did was seriously wrong.  Teams shouldnt have to wait over a year before they can execute the clause in the contract.  

Remember Ray Rice knocking out his girlfriend in the elevator? He was never found guilty of that.  The charges were dropped.  If he had guarantees in his contract should teams have to pay that since he was never found guilty of assaulting his girlfriend?

Has been brought up many times already. The teams that have these clauses, have a more front-loaded payout of the signing bonuses. If it's front-loaded, you get it sooner and it can't be as much voided at the whim of your boss.

The problem with the Bengals is that they are trying to adopt the clause, but ALSO want to keep their original signing bonus payout plan that is more spread out and disadvantageous to the player.

They want to make the change with zero compromise.

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Yeah! It's ridiculous that you should have to actually be proven to do something wrong before you can be stripped of $10-12m in guaranteed money! Preemptive punishments are the only non-ridiculous way to handle things! 

....I can't imagine why people wouldn't want to sign up for that without getting anything in return. 

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Ray Rice was under his second contract. It wasn't his rookie deal. The Bengals didn't try to put this clause in Chase's deal, or Tee's deal, or Burrow's deal, etc.

Heck, they didn't even put it in either of Mixon's deals and he WAS on video doing violence to a woman before they even drafted him. Same with Jermaine Burton.

All it really is about is somewhere down the road the Bengals FO is going to realize a player is a bust and they're going to turn over every stone to find cause to strip him of guarantees (even though he's done nothing wrong) so they can save money. It's about power and money. Not doing what's right.