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yeoman6987

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8. He was on 12 years. He will get syndication money for life.

Reply to closeupready (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 12, 2016, 03:05 PM

Aug 2016

He needed to move on anyway. 12 years is long enough. Maybe this was his way of getting out of his contract. If this is the whole story, he should be able to continue working. His statement was decent.

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He was on 12 years. He will get syndication money for life. yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #8

Syndication. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #13

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