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Kellen Winslow Jr. (not a good dude)

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LloydSev said:
Correct, but you can rest assured that the player's union will do anything in their power to make sure he gets his money.
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Well of course... I mean he's got the clause or he doesn't... if they can trade Gerard Warren for a 4... they can trade this kid for a 4... the other team will have to pay him though...

I tend to think that all this talk about voiding bonuses... if true... would need to be very specific in the contract (Like, "The Browns may withold your signing bonus if you miss all or part of a season because you: fall off your motorcycle, tear your ACL Skiing, or you bungee jump and it breaks, or Drive Larry Nance's Dragster). Otherwise, if its just a general non football injury clause, then the Browns could just void the whole thing... but he'd be a UFA.

So... it comes down to how clear things are in the contract, I'm sure there is something in there, but as to how specific it is remains to be seen.
 
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found this interesting

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i think its clear in diagram 4 that his right leg is horribly broken/mangled....there is a definite curve/break of the tibia and/or fibia....or a dislocation of the knee socket altogether...

i didnt notice it at first, but it is clear now
 
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The more I am reading, the more I keep hearing career threatening injuries. Dang, why couldn't this guy not be playing for my Browns so I could fully enjoy this. But it will go down as another story of how snake bitten the Browns are.

Here is the run down; Broken Ribs, Punctured Lung, Broken Collarbone, Separated Shoulder and Severe Knee Injury that includes multiple ligaments being damaged.
 
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Found this on Profootballtalk.com

As a general matter, Winslow has breached Paragraph 3 of his contract, which prevents him from "engag[ing] in any activity other than football which may involve a significant risk of personal injury."

And this breach could have significant consequences. Winslow's motorcycling allows the team (if it so chooses) to recover $5 million of his initial signing bonus and the full $4.4125 million of his option bonus triggered at the outset of the 2005 league year, $2.4125 million of which won't actually be paid to Winslow until July 15.
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So the total potential price tag on Winslow's deliberate failure to comply with the terms of his contract is a whopping $9.4125 million.
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Under the contract, Winslow becomes potentially responsible to pay back the bonus money due to "injury as a result of a breach of Paragraph 3 of the Contract" or "as a result of participation in hazardous activities which involve a significant risk of personal injury and are non-football in nature, including but not limited to skydiving, hang gliding, mountain climbing, auto racing, motorcycling, scuba diving, or skiing."
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