Patriots almost sure to end up having to pay Antonio Brown $9M, report says [View all]
Patriots owner Robert Kraft may not want to pay Antonio Brown any of his $9 million signing bonus, but he may have to grit his teeth and sign a check before too long.
In a piece from Yahoo, five unidentified league sources agreed that the Patriots will have to fork over some cash to Brown when he eventually files a grievance with the league.
“[New England] fighting to keep that signing bonus now is either a gross misunderstanding of [the Collective Bargaining Agreement’s] rules on voiding signing bonuses or it’s just out of spite,” one source told Yahoo. “I can’t believe they don’t understand the signing bonus voids in the CBA. There’s just no way. This is just spitefulness. They’re fighting [Brown] completely out of the anger and embarrassment in ownership.”
Brown’s signing bonus was set to be paid in two installments, the first of which ($5 million) was due the Monday after his release from the Patriots last Friday.
Yahoo cited Article 4, section 9 of the CBA as Brown’s case for getting paid. Simply put, the civil lawsuit Brown faces, additional claims of sexual misconduct against him and other actions that led to his release don’t fall under the conditions of the CBA that constitute a breach of contract, therefore entitling Brown to his signing bonus.
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