Yep. You’re right. Kaepernick restructured his original deal the previous fall, because he knew the divorce was coming, but he had to give up a $14.5 million injury guarantee to get that option. The Niners had until April 1—several weeks after the start of free agency—to exercise their option, and he wanted the chance… Read more
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LOL. “Admittedly not at Rodgers’s level” is my point. There aren’t many other players with this kind of potential leverage, should he be willing to take that risk. Read more
I couched what I wrote in the post by saying it would depend on how far Rodgers wants to take this, and it’s unlikely it will get that far for either side. Obviously, he’d have to risk a lot. But we’ve never really seen a superstar QB go to the mattresses by putting a team in the bind of going without a superstar QB. Read more
Maybe. Would be fascinating to see who blinks first if it gets that far (it probably won’t get that far). Read more
This is true in almost all cases, yes. But would the Packers be willing to let Aaron Rodgers sit an entire year? Read more
Whatever it takes to get the story, Bad Monkey. Read more
Gah. Yes. It’s been fixed. Thanks. Read more
You’d have a point if the NFLPA weren’t involved here, too. But they were, and the league and the union typically can’t agree on the color of the sky. Also, this is the third time the league and the PA have found common ground in a case like this involving the Ravens, whose head coach once pigeonholed the union’s… Read more
Yes. I just added a reference to the 2010 infraction. Thanks. Read more
I still haven’t recovered. Read more
To answer your question, it would have to be a pattern of conduct. Hitting happens; players get a little too amped up and might get physical with each other because that’s the nature of the game they play. But from having watched three years of Jets OTAs, that kind of stuff was frequently met with a warning from a… Read more
That’s what the Ravens claim, sure. But if they were really doing that, they wouldn’t have been punished. Read more
Because an independent investigation involving both the league and the players union determined there was enough there to warrant a punishment, with clear rules as to who’s responsible. Read more
I don’t know whether the coaches told them to hit each other. I do know the coaches didn’t take the simple step of stopping them from hitting each other, as coaches on any other team do all the time. Hitting happens. Hitting that rises to a violation and a punishment is easy to prevent. Read more
Right. I was responding directly to WhatHappened2U’s question about the creation of a code of conduct in relation to the anthem. The league does not have an absolute right to compel political speech or activity, even if this policy splits the baby just enough to be legally defensible for all the reasons you… Read more
1. Because the law isn’t clear on what kind of political activity employees can be compelled to engage in by their employers. But there is precedent that says saluting the flag constitutes a political act. Read more
Does your employer engage in the political act of playing the anthem at the start of your workday? And did your employer allow itself to get bullied into its decision by a U.S. President with a stated interest in stoking outrage and division? Read more
Fine. Then no major corporation should play the anthem at the start of the workday. Read more