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Husband, Proud Father of 3. Avid gamer and sports enthusiast. And all around good Philly guy.4 for 4 Philly fan
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@kamala_joe @SadeRepsEagles Right fuckin stupid instead Draft fultz . Ange completely fleeced sixers front office
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@SadeRepsEagles Hell, they should have been teammates!
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They’re friends 🤝 I like JT.. fck his fans though 😂🖕
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Patriots lose the Super Bowl
Vrabel/Russini Tampering #AJBrownGate
Bruins eliminated by a team on a 14 year playoff drought (respectfully)
Sixers eliminate Celtics after trailing 3-1 in the series
Just gotta feel for the city of Boston
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Retweet if your team is up 3-0 in their playoff series
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Did not see that coming! I am truly grateful for this . Yall really ain’t gonna be able to tell me shit now !!!
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One of my favorite days of the year!!! Our 18th annual NFL Head Coaches day-drinking day at the NFL Owners Meeting. I started this with Mike Tomlin 18 years ago (yes, we raised a glass to him) to get the head coach fraternity to bond together, bounce things off each other, ask each other for advice and to celebrate how cool life is TOGETHER. Leaders take care of everybody else but who takes care of the leaders? This is a cool way to bond so these leaders can all take care of each other. Trying to make it less lonely at the top!
Oh, and the stories that are shared are CLASSIC!!!
We had 28 of 32 coaches show!!! Oh, and I brought my brothers Michael Phelps and Mark “The Smashing Machine” Kerr along as well to punch up the day.
Classic day!!!! Hilarious convos!
(Oh, forgive me for the lousy camera work, lol)
Side note: everyone always asks who picks up the bill? McVay did it this year. I’d tell you all to Venmo him but I don’t think he knows what that is hahahahaha
#nfl #coaches #champions @MichaelPhelps
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This is interesting. It feels like it’s obvious that Frank retired because he was physically fighting through injuries and pain, and it got to a point that he no longer could play the game in an enjoyable, effective, or healthy way.
The whole purpose of a signing bonus is to be a guarantee up front that insures a salary irregardless of performance metrics, or most importantly injuries that could compromise your career in the future.
What makes this interesting is that Frank likely retired “voluntarily”, meaning, he wasn’t declared medically unfit to play by a doctor, which allows the team to ask for a prorated amount of his signing bonus back. Had he been medically deemed unfit to play football by a doctor before he retired, the team wouldn’t be able to recoup part of the signing bonus.
Let me say this first, if a player truly just retires without reason, or because they’ve lost the desire to play, I completely get and acknowledge teams should be able to recoup compensation when players don’t fulfill there contractual obligations and agreements.
However, Frank was known for being hurt and playing through injuries most players wouldn’t play through constantly. Broken foot, a torn pec, multiple knee injuries, back issues. There was always something, and I’m sure he was continuously dealing with multiple ailments to try and continue playing the game. His body clearly had deteriorated to a degree that made football no longer a viable option, physically, and probably mentally. In my opinion, the signing bonus is supposed to protect players from future physical ailments limiting their availability on the field, that’s one of the reasons you want more guaranteed money upfront.
So while I get that the team has a right to ask for money back, in the spirit of the agreement, I think it’s bullshit Frank is being asked to return money. This was clearly a player that the game had physically taken its toll on, and his body was clearly no longer holding up to the rigors of the NFL. It wasn’t just some player deciding he didn’t want to play anymore, it wasn’t that simple, and these signing bonuses are there to protect players from the inevitable injuries they incur on the field.
Ari Meirov@MySportsUpdate
The #Lions made Frank Ragnow return part of his signing bonus after retiring early, continuing a franchise policy that dates back to Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson, per President Rod Wood, via @DaveBirkett: “Our precedent goes all the way back to Barry Sanders… And I think the reality is, they’re not paying back their money, they’re returning our money, because they were paid in advance for services that they hadn’t completed.” More here: freep.com/story/sports/n…
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