In a carbon copy of their Megatron beef, the Lions demanded that legendary center Frank Ragnow return a portion of his signing bonus after he also retired at 29-years-old.
The team’s pathetic justification is that they expect players to return money they were paid for “in advance” without them “rendering services.” It’s the kind of corporate speak that’s designed to sound reasonable to people working ordinary jobs, but it ignores the entire nature of NFL contracts often being structured in team-friendly ways, regardless of how the money is getting to players.
Signing bonuses and guaranteed money have been the safest way for allow for salary cap tinkering by teams. It allows
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