Haynesworth is Behaving Selfishly

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Originally Posted by GMScud

Haynesworth would never do anything that could be proven as a "faked" injury, and how can you really prove he was playing halfheartedly? You could point to certain plays on film and say he wasn't giving his best, but tanking and faking injuries will only further derail his future earnings. Sure he dicked around last year as far as practice and injury exaggeration, but he knew he was ridiculously paid no matter what. I don't know contractual legalese, but I doubt you can add a clause that involves salary reduction based on perceived lack of effort on gamedays, or fake injuries.

He'll have to toe the Shanahan line at some point if he wants to be successful here and/or get another big payday from another team. Or maybe he's content with what he's earned so far and he half-asses his way through the rest of his career. I hope it's the former, but I certainly wouldn't be surprised if it was the latter.

I just hope my boss doesn't include a salary reduction for time spent on the warpath, and days I called in with a "cough". (ok, i haven't called in in the last year, but the warpath deduction would probably take my whole salary)