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The players union encouraged players to skip offseason workouts at team facilities. He was working out there until last week when he decided to support the players union's wishes.
Mahomes pointed out that it's crazy there's a clause where he can lose his salary for doing off season workouts. Why would any player now work out any other facility if there is a chance it costs them $10 million bucks? Especially during covid. Gonna be a lot of out of shape players come preseason.
Also, James may be regretting sitting out a year for covid losing the first ten million. Gotta get that bag when you can.
Good luck to you and hope you can recover and make some money.
Mahomes pointed out that it's crazy there's a clause where he can lose his salary for doing off season workouts. Why would any player now work out any other facility if there is a chance it costs them $10 million bucks? Especially during covid. Gonna be a lot of out of shape players come preseason.
Also, James may be regretting sitting out a year for covid losing the first ten million. Gotta get that bag when you can.
Good luck to you and hope you can recover and make some money.
Just another prime example of how unions have outlived their usefulness.The players union encouraged players to skip offseason workouts at team facilities. He was working out there until last week when he decided to support the players union's wishes.
The NFLPA should have to pay his salary since they are the ones that advised players to do this. They do all this talking about fighting for the players. Show us if that’s accurate or not by footing the bill if the Broncos decide not to pay him.The players union encouraged players to skip offseason workouts at team facilities. He was working out there until last week when he decided to support the players union's wishes.
There is a lesson here about being a vocal warrior and taking your eye off the target. His job was to do everything in his power to take care of himself and family and not to give in to meaningless shows of support. And wow, unity is expensive. Who thinks the players union picks up the difference in lost money? Yeah, I don't think so. Sorry for the big guy.
James had been specifically named in the league's memo Tuesday. In that memo, it was outlined under the "Non-Football Injuries"designation that teams like the Broncos would have "no contractual obligation" to pay players like James their salaries if they were injured away from the team facilities.
The memo also outlined why a player's salary would be paid if the injury had been suffered during a workout at a team's complex. The memo also mentioned: "Clubs are encouraged to remind players of the significant injury-related protection provided if they choose to work out at the club facility and the risks they undertake in choosing to train at a non-NFL location.''
James has a $10 million salary guarantee for the 2021 season the Broncos would not have to pay, according to the collective bargaining agreement, because he suffered the injury at another site. The union also pointed out in its email Thursday that although the NFI designation has been part of the CBA for some time, the league has "never, ever sent such a memo about voluntary workouts."