Antonio Brown is seriously in danger of losing a lot of money.
On Thursday, it was announced the Oakland Raiders are reportedly considering suspending Antonio Brown after the receiver got into a dispute with the team’s general manager, Mike Mayock.
Adam Schefter reports that the team’s star wide receiver became heated after he was fined and got into an argument with Mayock after the GM confronted him about posting a disciplinary letter to social media. Brown shared a letter that detailed fines for missing practice to his Instagram:
NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport then reported Brown almost got physical with Mayock when he threatened to punch him in the face.
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Because of his conduct this week as well as other things that have been going on since he got traded to the team, many around the league believe the Raiders could void all of his guarantees.
Here is the breakdown via CBS Sports.
The adjusted contract has $30.125 million fully guaranteed. The guaranteed money is Brown’s $14.625 million 2019 base salary, $14.5 million 2020 base salary and $500,000 workout bonuses in 2019 and 2020. The $1 million of workout bonuses are being treated like signing bonus for salary cap purposes and prorated over the three years due to being fully guaranteed at the signing of the adjusted deal.
It is standard for NFL contracts to contain language voiding salary guarantees for a laundry list of reasons. The conditions vary depending on team convention, the attention the agent pays to the language and his/her leverage in negotiations.
Brown’s contract isn’t any different than anybody else’s. The default language in Brown’s contract that controls the voiding of his guarantee reads as follows:
“Notwithstanding this Skill, Injury and Cap Guarantee, Player shall report to Club, practice with Club, play with Club, and honor all terms of the Contract, including all addenda thereto. If at any time Player does not report to Club; does not practice or play with Club; leaves Club without prior written approval (including, but not limited to retirement); does not honor any terms of the Contract (including any addenda thereto); is suspended by the NFL or Club for conduct detrimental, violation of the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy, violation of the NFL Policy on Substances of Abuse, or violation of the NFL Policy on Anabolic Steroids and Related Substances; violates any other agreements between Club and Player; or is injured as a result of a breach of Paragraph 3 of the Contract or as a result of participation in hazardous activities which involve a significant risk of personal injury and are non-football in nature (including but not limited to skydiving, hang gliding, mountain climbing, auto racing, motorcycling, scuba diving, skiing, and any other sports) then Player shall be in default (“Default”) and the Skill, Injury and Cap Guarantee shall be null and void and Player shall be only eligible to earn his remaining stated Paragraph 5 salary on a weekly, non-guaranteed basis if Player is on Club’s roster for the 2019 League Year and meets all ordinary criteria for earning Paragraph 5 Salary, subject to any applicable fines.”
Brown has nobody to blame but himself if this happens.
