OT: PFT: Bengals managed Henry's money - possible CBA violation

[pats1]

Report: Bengals oversaw Henry's money | ProFootballTalk.com

 

[Scooter_McGruder]

If this is actually a CBA violation and/or the NFL takes action against the Bengals, that's pretty sad.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

the Commissioner may impose a maximum fine of $5.25 million on the team, order the forfeiture of two first-round draft picks, fine any team executive who committed the violation up to $375,000 and suspend the executive for up to a year.

...the point here is that the subject of giving anything of value to a player requires teams to be sure to disclose such matters, because of the magnitude of the potential consequences.

And while the league is unlikely to give the Bengals a hard time regarding its effort to help Henry, the next question becomes whether the Bengals are providing similar services to other players -- and whether the Bengals have disclosed these arrangements to the league.

Interesting. There may be no violation whatsoever if everything is disclosed and they're above board simply holding checks as arranged above board, but if there's undisclosed services here and more than one player is involved the Commish should rain hell on them. We know he won't; they're not the Patriots.