So... Aaron Hernandez

[pbmax]

Might not have been a money saving move to release Hernandez so quickly.

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 19m
If you read the new CBA, Hernandez's guarantees can be voided because of a "forfeitable breach." My understanding: Pats cut him before that.

[hoosier]

Might not have been a money saving move to release Hernandez so quickly.

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 19m
If you read the new CBA, Hernandez's guarantees can be voided because of a "forfeitable breach." My understanding: Pats cut him before that.

I would think the breach would be the crime, not the charges. As long as he is eventually convicted I cannot see how murder could not fall under any moral misconduct clause.

[pbmax]

I would think the breach would be the crime, not the charges. As long as he is eventually convicted I cannot see how murder could not fall under any moral misconduct clause.

But when the Patriots act to terminate the deal, they are operating under specific terms of the CBA including terms of the forfeiture. Those rules are locked into place at the time they waive him. Theoretically, another team could puck up the deal and then have the full range of options after he was charged, unavailable or found guilty. For the Pats, under the CBA, he was a man charged with a crime but not tried and not sanctioned by the League. So they only have protections that might apply to a player who was arrested.

They cannot after the fact claim protections they abandoned once they acted. This is, of course, assuming Rappaport is reading the CBA correctly, but it does make some sense.

My suspicion is that the Pats were glad to be out some money to be rid of him.

[TravisWilliams23]

Holy Crap Batman!!!
Jeremy Schaap has Aaron Rodgers as the killer of Odin Lloyd!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CR2N-MizWZo

[pbmax]

Holy Crap Batman!!!
Jeremy Schaap has Aaron Rodgers as the killer of Odin Lloyd!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=CR2N-MizWZo

If distracted by court proceedings, I estimate that Rodgers under murder charges will cost the Packers 1-2 games this year.

[3irty1]

So what, Rodgers has been getting away with murdering NFC North secondaries for years now.

[3irty1]

Dream scenario for the Hernandez saga:

During the investigation it becomes clear that Hernandez has been juicing and roid rage played a factor in the murder. Goodell is soooooo fuuuckkkkkkked.

[denverYooper]

So what, Rodgers has been getting away with murdering NFC North secondaries for years now.

HEY-YO!

If the Vikes stick Bish out there, it's going to be straight-up mayhem.

[Cheesehead Craig]

I think the problem with Bill Belichick is the people he associates with.

In 2010, Bill drafted Jermaine Cunningham, Brandon Spikes and Aaron Hernandez. Cunningham and Spikes have served 4 game suspensions according to this: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/a...esworth-062113

Spikes also was thought to have failed college drug tests like Hernandez.

So what bad influence do these players share with Belichick?

PB with the cheap shot at Urban Meyer. Not that I disapprove or anything.

[pbmax]

PB with the cheap shot at Urban Meyer. Not that I disapprove or anything.

It makes me long for the inevitable investigation into Alabama. College Football, NASCAR and Baseball have a lot in common.

[Guiness]

Holy shit! Now he's being looked at for a double murder the year before!

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/27/report-hernandez-is-being-investigated-for-july-2012-double-murder/

I wonder if they have anything or are just poking around? Dude could be a serial killer!

[hoosier]

A one man crime wave. For a guy who is seemingly so inept at violent crime, it is surprising Hernandez was able to fly under the radar for so long. Next we will be reading about new discoveries linking him to one or more shootings in Gainesville.

[Guiness]

A one man crime wave. For a guy who is seemingly so inept at violent crime, it is surprising Hernandez was able to fly under the radar for so long. Next we will be reading about new discoveries linking him to one or more shootings in Gainesville.

There's also the thing in Florida about shooting a guy in the face.

[hoosier]

I know, that's what I mean about incompetent gangsters flying under the radar. How did that not become public earlier?

[denverYooper]

I know, that's what I mean about incompetent gangsters flying under the radar. How did that not become public earlier?

It's good to be in the SEC.