Hawks going after McDowell's signing bonus

[D-train]

It's a breach of contract. Non-football related injuries/activities prevented him from providing the services Seattle paid him for. He doesn't get to say 'whoops' and keep the money. Why would they not recoup their loss? They'll win this easily.

Allen was worth $20B when he died. $800k is .004% of that. It would be like someone with $1 million net worth suing someone for 40 bucks. Why bother. I would chalk it up as a cost of doing business and move on. Most likely Malik never gets another NFL contract so it is likely a a blood from a turnip deal as well.

It counts against the cap. They have to recoup it.

That would be a good reason. I thought about that but then thought it would count regardless if they recouped it or not. Seems like a convoluted thing for the NFL to track. Do the Hawks have to take a screen shot of their bank account proving they got the money back and send it to NFL HQ or what. lol

[Hanjag]

Seems a little odd to go after $800k that he has probably already spent. That is like one beer for every season ticket holder.

It's a breach of contract. Non-football related injuries/activities prevented him from providing the services Seattle paid him for. He doesn't get to say 'whoops' and keep the money. Why would they not recoup their loss? They'll win this easily.

Allen was worth $20B when he died. $800k is .004% of that. It would be like someone with $1 million net worth suing someone for 40 bucks. Why bother. I would chalk it up as a cost of doing business and move on. Most likely Malik never gets another NFL contract so it is likely a a blood from a turnip deal as well.

Have you ever seen video of people jumping the gates at New York subway stations? Yes, a majority of people do it. Cops show up. Nobody does not pay. If you let one employee get away with 800K, why wouldn't 1/2 the hot dog-beer concession workers just pocket all the cash.

[D-train]

Well for one, its against the law.

[57reasons]

It counts against the cap. They have to recoup it.

That would be a good reason. I thought about that but then thought it would count regardless if they recouped it or not. Seems like a convoluted thing for the NFL to track. Do the Hawks have to take a screen shot of their bank account proving they got the money back and send it to NFL HQ or what. lol

might be convoluted, but if you think about it, it's necessary. Otherwise you encourage gaming the system with a "wink, wink, nod, nod" approach where a team purports to claim repayment without ever intending to pursue collection.

[auroraave]

what business, anywhere on earth, allows an employee who does not perform services, to walk away with $800,000? None. You have a fiduciary responsibility as a GM to the company. Ignoring that is a fireable offense. Paul Allen's net worth has nothing to do with it, and is neither a logical or legal position to take. It's their JOB to handle the finances correctly. Seattle has been awarded half of the 1.5 mill bonus, now they have to collect. They can garnish wages if he signs with another team - but it doesn't seem like anyone will clear him medically to play. Yet.

[D-train]

Or they can garnish his Walmart greeter salary $800 a year for the next 1000 years. lol

[roosevelt]

LOL.

He doesn't appear to be Walmart material

[D-train]

Wow.

https://sports.yahoo.com/seahawks-sue-d ... 38293.html

[D-train]

More Wow.

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At the end of the day I’m was cleared by a well respected neurologist and that’s that feel how you wanna feel....

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The @Seahawks had there own reasoning for not letting me play but my head was not issue

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Dr. Samuel R. Browd Seattle Children/Pediatric Neurologist https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... 9wqyQbKW89 …

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One of the best Neurologist in the world cleared me too play football again Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher MD Neurologist vs The Seahawks Dr. Samuel R. Browd Seattle Children/Pediatric Neurologist who’s primary patients are under the age of 2

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[D-train]

As I suspected, sounds like more than a business decision. Almost like they have a personal vendetta against him which is fine.