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redwagonskins · 05-06-2005, 04:16 PM

BULL HOCKEY!!!! Some of you don't get it. If he shows up to camp and gets hurt, they don't just drop him off at the bus station. When rookies without contracts check in they sign a boilerplate contact that says if they get hurt, they will still get money equivalent to their postion. If Merriman gets hurt, he gets money between what the 11th and 13th pick get. What the Postons want is legal language that says if he gets hurt, THEY CAN SUE for what his earnings may have been for his entire career!!!! In other words, he crashes his motorcycle, he can say that he would have received 3 mil a year for a 15 year career! Gentlemen, this is a big deal because it opens teams up to unlimited lawsuits rather than giving out the contract that he would have received.

05-06-2005, 04:16 PM	#18
redwagonskins Impact Rookie Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Diego Posts: 685	Re: It's getting worse...Merriman and the Postons BULL HOCKEY!!!! Some of you don't get it. If he shows up to camp and gets hurt, they don't just drop him off at the bus station. When rookies without contracts check in they sign a boilerplate contact that says if they get hurt, they will still get money equivalent to their postion. If Merriman gets hurt, he gets money between what the 11th and 13th pick get. What the Postons want is legal language that says if he gets hurt, THEY CAN SUE for what his earnings may have been for his entire career!!!! In other words, he crashes his motorcycle, he can say that he would have received 3 mil a year for a 15 year career! Gentlemen, this is a big deal because it opens teams up to unlimited lawsuits rather than giving out the contract that he would have received.