Overview of Aaron Hernandez's salary cap implications - updated on April 15th, 2015

Overview of Aaron Hernandez's salary cap implications - updated on April 15th, 2015

Miguel Benzan

The most cap relief I expect that Patriots to get from Aaron Hernandez is $4,466,800 and I will not be surprised to see Tom Brady retire before the Pats receive it. $4,466,800 equals $3,250,000 (final installment of signing bonus which was due on March 31

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Overview of Aaron Hernandez's salary cap implications - updated on April 15th, 2015

Miguel Benzan

The most cap relief I expect that Patriots to get from Aaron Hernandez is $4,466,800 and I will not be surprised to see Tom Brady retire before the Pats receive it. $4,466,800 equals $3,250,000 (final installment of signing bonus which was due on March 31

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Link's not working, Miguel.

Try this

http://www.patsfans.com/salary-cap/?p=1640

Miguel said:

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http://www.patsfans.com/salary-cap/?p=1640

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Was working on repairing the rss feed this morning and noticed it replaced a character that broke the link. It will also be all set moving forward.

My question is this: Why isn't this cap reduction definitive. In the cap something is or isn't? Why isn't the issue of Aaron's final $4.4MM still up in the air Make an F'n decisition and move one. Or is this another example of the NFL ****ing around with the Pats

patfanken said:

My question is this: Why isn't this cap reduction definitive. In the cap something is or isn't? Why isn't the issue of Aaron's final $4.4MM still up in the are. Make an F'n decisition and move one. Is this another example of the NFL ****ing around with the Pats

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Not really. In order for Pats to win the grievance Aaron Hernandez has to be convicted of the 2012 murders.

Right, because the double murder was done BEFORE he signed the contract while his conviction was for the murder done after he signed. Pats will argue that he signed the contract knowing that he could not perform as indicated in the contract, because he could have been arrested for the murders any time. They should win, assuming he's convicted of any felony involving the earlier "incident".

I'm still flummoxed that the Pats knowing his past history and suspicions of assaults while in college did not have some kind of clause in the contract voiding all or part were he to run seriously afoul of the law.

Miguel said:

Not really. In order for Pats to win the grievance Aaron Hernandez has to be convicted of the 2012 murders.

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I didn't recall that the Pats had to prove maleficence PRIOR to the 2nd murder to get off paying the total contract. IIRC the league/arbiter hadn't yet ruled on that decision.

Based on what you stated, it;s an absolute that the Pats have to pay Hernandez the entire money UNLESS he committed another serious crime before he signed that 2nd contract. So unless Hernandez is convicted of the double murder, they will never get their money back, either the cash or the cap charge?

Could you finally clear this up for me.....finally

Ken, are you saying that the blog is not clear on this?

The Patriots withheld the March 2014 installment of his 2012 signing bonus. Only reason that I could find in the CBA to support them winning Hernandez's grievance over it is that by being convicted of the 2012 murders Aaron would have then violated the clause where he represented and warranted that there weren’t any existing circumstances when he signed his deal that would prevent his continuing availability throughout the contract and the clause that explicitly states that the Patriots wouldn't have entered into the contract except for Hernandez's representations

patfanken said:

Based on what you stated, it;s an absolute that the Pats have to pay Hernandez the entire money UNLESS he committed another serious crime before he signed that 2nd contract. So unless Hernandez is convicted of the double murder, they will never get their money back, either the cash or the cap charge?

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In this case, cash=cap charge. As I understand it, any cap relief is limited to the actual amount of money that Hernandez pays back.

So even if Hernandez is convicted of the 2012 double-murder, and even if NE wins the grievance, until Hernandez is ordered to pay back and actually pays back the money -- which he may well be unable to do given legal fees, civil suit judgments, etc. -- NE gets neither cash back nor cap relief.