blueblood70
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Again,, you're missing the point you obviously understand contract law and how it works the person who created the contract we'll always have the upper hand over the person who is under contract and that is why they put protection in there that everything that that person in this case the player was promised and guaranteed money and bonus they get that and then the league makes sure that it's not easy because they're putting dead cap money onto that year or the next year's salary cap, which is going to hurt as well..But the owners shouldn’t? I mean I’m with you, but we can’t be hypocritical! If the owners don’t expect to honor their long term contracts, the players shouldn’t either.
so, it's not like they just cut the player and it's got free and just leave the player hanging and a lot of cases those players are easily going to go find a job unless they weren't worth it which is a lot of the case but they still have options to go find work elsewhere as a free agent which is better than being traded..
So it works both ways. yes but the owners who are making these contracts have the upper hand because they are the owners, they're the ones paying but there are lots of language in those contracts that protects both sides but holding out under contract is different then being cut from one because you're refusing to work while you're being paid, thats illegal..
But releasing a player under contract and giving everything you were promised in that contract that was owed to them in bonuses and guaranteed money and taking the dead cap hit is exactly what it says in the contract that you're allowed to do and the players know it but holding out that is not legal...