Webster Guy Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 BILLS THREATEN ATTACK ON MOULDS' BONUS ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports that the Buffalo Bills have sent a letter to receiver Eric Moulds advising him that, if there are any further incidents involving the veteran receiver, the team will pursue a portion of his signing bonus. More and more NFL contracts contain language permitting significant chunks of bonus money to be recovered if the player engages in a variety of prohibited acts. Already this year, there have been several examples of teams pursuing bonus money, including the Lions and receiver Charles Roger, the Eagles and receiver Terrell Owens, and the Browns and tight end Kellen Winslow. (Maybe it's just a coincidence, by why is it that most of the turds in the NFL are the guys who catch the pig for a living?) Moulds, per Mort, got in hot water because: (1) he took himself out of last Sunday's game after Lee Evans caught three early touchdown passes; (2) Moulds refused twice to return to the game; (3) he said that he's not required to do what the coach tells him to do; (4) he listened to music instead of the coaches at halftime; and (5) he failed to show up for a meeting with coach Mike Mularkey on Monday. We're still not sure that this would have been enough proof to uphold an unpaid suspension, given past precedent involving isolated occurrences of player misconduct. Although many teams likely now believe that the T.O. ruling allows them to take aggressive action, Owens' suspension was upheld because the arbitrator recognized that the move was the culmination of a long line of bad behavior motivated directly by Owens' desire to get more money from the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Gee. This would fit nicely into a post created over half an hour ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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