drdiags":ov7nk8am said:
In hindsight, Ruskell should have figured on the increase and anticipated the poison pill, though Blue Talon will dispute that last thought. :stirthepot:
Oh right, people should always expect something that has never happened before... :roll:
For people who need a refresher, poison pills in contracts have a long history. One was used early in the existence of NFL free agency requiring more money from the player's old team than his new team -- after that, such contracts were banned. Since that time, perfectly legal and legitimate poison pills have been commonly used by teams trying to spirit a player away, in the form of front-loaded contracts, trying to leverage the other team's cap situation.
That was something the Seahawks
were prepared for in the Hutch situation. What they were
not prepared for was the never-before-seen use of guarantees, and language involving
other players' salaries and arbitrary dates, to effectively do what was previously banned.
Doesn't matter now. Lesson learned, life goes on. I'm over it. :thirishdrinkers: