Hey Mod 'sup. I've been lurker forever on this forums, way before 2010...:biggrin:
Hey lurker, 'sup.
KT
Yeah, if you are going to pop somebody minutes away from your home, you *probably* don't want to go immediately back home *AND* be brandishing a firearm in plain sight while walking inside.
WTF did he destroy when they reported he destroyed his surveillance system? He didn't destroy the tape/disc??? That was what made him look guilty in the first place...but if he just broke a monitor or recorder and not the actual incriminating evidence...must be one dumb mofo. His lawyer should use mental retardation as his defense.
Pats sure did the right thing by cutting bait right away.
Here it comes... this will be the case that legally ties the physical abuse players take to the brain to severe psychosis. The lawyer will present the evidence of previous suicides of players, and Hernandez won't be found guilty because of his mental state. He will serve a relatively small amount of time and spend a short time in a fancy rehab facility. He'll never return to the game again, but that's okay for him because he's not in jail.
In response the NFL is pressured to eliminate the possibility of anything like this happening again. In no more than five years they will be reduced to the NFFL: National Flag Footbal League
They just had a bail appeal, and he was denied bail again. Good!
Does anyone know what, if any, part of the $40M contract that the Pats have to pay Hernandez? I would assume that each team has an standard "escape" clause in each of their contracts just to cover messes like this.
Just curious.
He's guilty as hell for this murder. Open and shut. B-bye.
I'm curious about what evidence they have linking him to the 2012 double murder, the cover-up of which is the supposed motive for the current murder.
He has friends he can call who will come help him kill someone? I wonder how many other murders/crimes these guys have committed together, and how far back it goes.
Generally football contacts are not are not guaranteed, but he already got 12.5 of it in a signing bonus, which the pats can kiss goodbye.
yeah yeah yeah
What does this mean for the Jets?
Generally football contacts are not are not guaranteed, but he already got 12.5 of it in a signing bonus, which the pats can kiss goodbye.
Financially, the ramifications of the move are even murkier. In the short term, the Patriots will have just more than $10 million in dead money hit their cap as a result of cutting Hernandez. Because they released him a mere season after signing him to an extension, $10 million of his $12.5 million signing bonus, which was spread over the seven years in his extension, accelerates into the present. Since Hernandez was released after June 1, the cap hit is spread over two seasons, but combined with guaranteed base salaries for 2013 and 2014, the financial impact is noticeable. The Patriots will have $4.1 million in dead money for Hernandez on their cap this season, with a more painful $8.6 million coming next year.
The Patriots can try to recoup some of the money owed to Hernandez, but it's unlikely to prevent the deal from hitting their salary cap. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport noted that Hernandez's contract does not contain any "failure to perform" clauses that would allow the Patriots to skip out on paying him the remaining $3.25 million due from his signing bonus or his guaranteed base salaries in 2013 ($1.32 million) and 2014 ($1.14 million). According to Rapoport, most Patriots contracts contain such a clause, but Hernandez's deal only holds that to be the case in terms of his workout bonuses, which should save the Patriots a mere $82,000 in 2013 and $500,000 in 2014. The only way the Patriots could save more money would be if another team signed Hernandez, with their payments offsetting some or all of the money the Patriots were otherwise due to pay him.
All the Hernandez haters gonna be embarrassed when it turns out it was a frame job by Ed the Fireman.
As to the signing bonus, the team’s decision to cut Hernandez makes it much more difficult to block the final payment or to recover any of the $8.75 million already issued to Hernandez. As to the guaranteed salaries, multiple sources have indicated that Hernandez likely will not be entitled to any further payment.
Despite the absence of forfeiture language for the guaranteed salaries, the guarantee applies only to terminations made due to injury, skill (i.e., perceived lack of it), and the salary cap. Because the Patriots cut Hernandez pursuant to paragraph 11 of the standard player contract, which permits termination of employment when the player “has engaged in personal conduct reasonably judged by Club to adversely affect or reflect on Club,” the guarantee evaporates.
As we understand it, that’s not merely the team’s position. The NFLPA, we’re told, agrees with the interpretation.
While this doesn’t prevent Hernandez from filing a grievance aimed at getting the money, it’s a steep uphill climb and, frankly, the least of his concerns.
The more intriguing fight will arise in connection with the unpaid $3.25 million installment of the signing bonus. That money already has been earned by Hernandez. But cutting him, the Patriots apparently surrendered any ability to recover the money that has been paid or to keep the portion that hasn’t been paid.
Still, it currently appears that the Patriots will at a minimum force Hernandez to sue for the rest — and at most try to recover as much of the previously-paid signing bonus as they can.