Guiness
09-27-2015, 12:11 PM
Looks like the Seahawks intend to lay the boots to Kam Chancellor, and make him cough up at least a part of the fines he owes, and maybe even repay some or all of the $500K portion of the signing bonus they could recoup.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/09/27/report-seahawks-will-take-sizable-chunk-from-kam-chancellor/#comment-4561275
I can't see them going to full monty, it would cause a pile of dissent and you have to think FAs would stay away from there for a while, but who knows?
I have to say though, this whole situation has just hammered home how crazy the NFL CBA surrounding contracts is. Teams can break a contract at any time and pretty much walk away. Players are locked in. I get that MLB style guaranteed contracts aren’t going to happen, but the players should have the ability to tear up a contract the same way the teams do. Just make them refund the pro-rated portion of the signing bonus.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/09/27/report-seahawks-will-take-sizable-chunk-from-kam-chancellor/#comment-4561275
I can't see them going to full monty, it would cause a pile of dissent and you have to think FAs would stay away from there for a while, but who knows?
I have to say though, this whole situation has just hammered home how crazy the NFL CBA surrounding contracts is. Teams can break a contract at any time and pretty much walk away. Players are locked in. I get that MLB style guaranteed contracts aren’t going to happen, but the players should have the ability to tear up a contract the same way the teams do. Just make them refund the pro-rated portion of the signing bonus.