The point [Stephen A. Smith] seems to be making [... is] that China-Hong Kong should be placed right alongside Israel-Palestine as terrible things no one in their right mind should want to call out publicly.

Themselves.

...did you never notice that it’s just the philadelphia eagles logo?

we’re only months away, and somehow i don’t think we’ll be seeing the future trapper keepers promised

Probably not, but that’s not a great analogy. If Vazquez had molested a 13-year-old boy, I could absolutely see Archer saying “I have a 14-year-old brother, so it hits close to home.”

D’Asian

He never reported and the NFL allowed that to count as the last year of his contract.

Ah!

Yes, I’m pretty sure that a player can’t just opt not to report for a full year of a contract he’s beholden to and then everyone will act like he did— especially when there’s language in both the standard contract and the CBA addressing what happens when a player opts not to report.

It’s not terribly clear how many games a player needs to play to prevent a contract from tolling, but it’s more than 0, and best guess is 8: half a season rounds up to a full season.. And with the possibility of a 3-week roster exemption, we should expect him to report by week six to be activated by week 9, to get…

12 games*, I’m sure you mean, and I never said otherwise.

Bell wasn’t even on contract last year.  Totally different scenario.

I am.

No, he’s not “elligible for free agency.” he has another year of service on his contract; he’s not a free agent until he plays all 5 years. it’s not like the Bell situation, because Bell wasn’t under contract the way Gordon is.

If he doesn’t play to week 10, he’ll only be active for 7 games (the Chargers’ bye is in week 12). Per Paragraph 16 of his contract,

if Gordon will be unrestricted after this year whether he plays or not (and, after a Google search, I believe that is the case)

ARTICLE 7 ROOKIE COMPENSATION AND ROOKIE COMPENSATION POOL

or sit out an entire year like Le’Veon Bell did.

Happy Labor Day, y’all

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