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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Agree but I have a problem with the ethics.Meh, he probably should give it back, but this doesn't bother me that much. Players have so few points of actual leverage in the NFL, and many of them don't live great lives after the game. It sucks for the Pats, but I'm not going to begrudge a player for keeping every cent he can for retirement life until the team/league makes him do otherwise.
If it was a receiver I'd be more resentful about it, but Tackles use their bodies very, very hard for not much money, even the best ones are usually somewhat underpaid, and men on the line (offensive and defensive) are the guys who take the most punishment and have the most health problems after retirement. Even running backs don't take as much abuse as offensive linemen. So personally I don't begrudge him at all. Especially if he honestly thought he could contribute when he signed.Howe just tweeted re: the 750k, "It's up to him, but the player usually ends up keeping it.". Now, there's some ethical tradition...
If it was a receiver I'd be more resentful about it, but Tackles use their bodies very, very hard for not much money, even the best ones are usually somewhat underpaid, and men on the line (offensive and defensive) are the guys who take the most punishment and have the most health problems after retirement. Even running backs don't take as much abuse as offensive linemen. So personally I don't begrudge him at all. Especially if he honestly thought he could contribute when he signed.
I'm sorry but that disgusts me.
...and I don't care if BB told Wayne to keep the $400k, he still should have given it back.
Meh, he probably should give it back, but this doesn't bother me that much. Players have so few points of actual leverage in the NFL, and many of them don't live great lives after the game. It sucks for the Pats, but I'm not going to begrudge a player for keeping every cent he can for retirement life until the team/league makes him do otherwise.
Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but we're talking about 3/4 of a million dollars. I think a lot of NFL players are relatively underpaid when compared with baseball and basketball guys and lack of guaranteed contracts come into play, too, along with short careers. But, that's a helluva lot of money from a team for whom you've done zippo. I think it's wrong.If it was a receiver I'd be more resentful about it, but Tackles use their bodies very, very hard for not much money, even the best ones are usually somewhat underpaid, and men on the line (offensive and defensive) are the guys who take the most punishment and have the most health problems after retirement. Even running backs don't take as much abuse as offensive linemen. So personally I don't begrudge him at all. Especially if he honestly thought he could contribute when he signed.
And shame on Bill & Bob for not DEMANDING that scumbag Clot azz-hole give ALL OF IT back.I'm sorry but that disgusts me.
...and I don't care if BB told Wayne to keep the $400k, he still should have given it back.
Still doesn't justify keeping it.Wayne actually made an attempt to absorb the offense. Veldheer has done nothing to deserve keeping the bonus.
You don't begrudge a man taking $750k from a team he's never played for, after only practicing for, maybe, a couple of days?
You're trolling with that, right?