Globe: Union files Seymour Grievance over five day letter

[RhodyPatriot]

I don't where Seymour has done anything unreasonable. He has been in contact with his new team. He has taken a few days to attend to some personal matters before reporting. He is likely to be reporting today.
Even if he were planning a holdout before or after his physical, that is within HIS business rights.
And filing a grievance is again within his BUSINESS rights and also within those of the NFLPA.
REPEAT TEN TIMES
The NFL is a business.

Take a minute to think this through. Do you honestly believe the Raiders would have sent the Big Overrated a 5 day letter if he were delayed in getting to Oakland because he had legitmate personal matters to attend to? Wouldn't the Raiders, who want to sign the BO to a longterm deal be very sympathetic to Big **** and his familial problems and would cut him some major slack as a way to endear themselves to him??
Or did the Raiders send the Big Overrated the 5 day letter because BO tried to shake them down for a no franchise tag agreement before he'd agree to show up?? Rather slimey of the Big Overrated to publicly use his family as the excuse when his own failed attempts at blackmailing the Raiders is what caused his delayed departure to Oakland.
Seems that the Big Overrated is also a Big Phony. It's all about family with ****? Nah, it's all about money. Always was!

 

[mayoclinic]

Take a minute to think this through. Do you honestly believe the Raiders would have sent the Big Overrated a 5 day letter if he were delayed in getting to Oakland because he had legitmate personal matters to attend to? Wouldn't the Raiders, who want to sign the BO to a longterm deal be very sympathetic to Big **** and his familial problems and would cut him some major slack as a way to endear themselves to him??
Or did the Raiders send the Big Overrated the 5 day letter because BO tried to shake them down for a no franchise tag agreement before he'd agree to show up?? Rather slimey of the Big Overrated to publicly use his family as the excuse when his own failed attempts at blackmailing the Raiders is what caused his delayed departure to Oakland.
Seems that the Big Overrated is also a Big Phony. It's all about family with ****? Nah, it's all about money. Always was!

With Seymour, it always was, and always has been, about Seymour first. Usually that means money.

 

[alamo]

I don't where Seymour has done anything unreasonable. He has been in contact with his new team. He has taken a few days to attend to some personal matters before reporting. He is likely to be reporting today.

Even if he were planning a holdout before or after his physical, that is within HIS business rights.

And filing a grievance is again within his BUSINESS rights and also within those of the NFLPA.

To say "within his rights" in all these cases is misleading, you are implicly equating rights which are contracturally allowed with rights which are subject to penalty. It is explictly within his rights with no penalty to file a grievance. But while holding out is "within his rights" it is subject to loss of salary, up to and including being put on reserve for the season and having his contract tolled.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

I don't where Seymour has done anything unreasonable..........................


REPEAT TEN TIMES
The NFL is a business.

Absolutely and RS would be the first to say so. But it is unreasonable to take 6 days to report to your new team in season. maybe in April or June, it's okay but not when opening day is less than two days away. Six days is not prompt.......
From the NFL CBA p 169

http://blogmedia.thenewstribune.com/media/CBA_Amended_2006.pdf

17. ASSIGNMENT. Unless this contract specifically provides otherwise, Club may assign this contract and
Player’s services under this contract to any successor to Club’s franchise or to any other Club in the League.
Player will report to the assignee Club promptly upon being informed of the assignment of his contract and will
faithfully perform his services under this contract. ....................

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

Looks like a moot point

Yeah but there are exceptions to mootness and the term is "capable of repetition, yet evading review" meaning it could happen again to someone else and there wouldn't be enough time to decide the case without impacting their rights. In other words, they want to get a decision to know what the rights of other players are with respect to future trades.
It goes back to the famous Supreme Court Roe v Wade abortion case where the court recognized that it takes longer than 9 months for a case to work its way through the courts and to require a pregnant defendant then would be nearly impossible. They crafted the rule to decide cases that otherwise might be declared moot.....

 

[MoLewisrocks]

Moot...

Union drops Seymour grievance | ProFootballTalk.com

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Moot...

Union drops Seymour grievance | ProFootballTalk.com

and please, hopefully mute as well...

 

[spacecrime]

Moot...

First time I've seen this word spelled correctly here