hawkfan68
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KiwiHawk":h84sdume said:I support the players when the CBA is being negotiated. They deserve the money more than the team owners.hawksincebirth":h84sdume said:I’ll always support these players in there holdouts .. the teams show no loyalty. He has earned every he’s asked for
But when it comes to players holding out, I side with the team. The player made an agreement to take x% of the pie, and how wants a bigger slice, but the pie has already been shared with the assumption that the player was only taking x%. They can't go back and take agreed amounts of pie from other players just because someone wants a bigger slice.
Teams - and players - terminate contracts all the time. Sherman got cut. Kam retired unoffcially so he could collect his guaranteed money. It's the same thing. Neither teams nor players are in the business of loyalty. Kam could officially retire and give the team some cap relief, but he's not going to and - this is the important part - the Seahawks have to honour their contract with him.
People talk about teams breaching contracts, but they don't. They pay every cent agreed in the contract to the player and the player signs the contract knowing there are options for the team to terminate. Both parties agree to the terms when they sign the paper. But if the team agrees to guaranteed money, then the team pays that money, period.
I believe Richard Sherman and Jeremy Lane would disagree with you on this.
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports...wks-as-no-trade-appears-to-have-materialized/.
The Seahawks didn't honor their contract with Richard Sherman or Lane. Per the article, they wanted Sherman to take a pay cut. When he declined to take a pay cut, they released him. That's not honoring a signed contract in my book.