Oh FFS, it's not the teams or the agents job to remind this jackass that he has a workout clause in his contract. I'm 100% positive this was covered with the player when the contract was signed. An agent is not a babysitter. They are paid to negotiate the contract, disclose the parameters of that contract to the player, and take care of any other legal issues such as endorsements that the player may have. It's the players responsibility to listen to what the agent tells them is in the contract and act on that information accordingly.

Anyone who has ever worked with a head hunter to find an acquire a job knows this.

You're missing the point.

This is a major stipulation of the contract....not something that is in fine print somewhere buried in a 100 page document.

Let me ask you this? At your current or past job, did you know how much you made to the dollar and what for and how many hours you worked and how much vacation time (if any) you had etc. All of us know these things.

All I'm saying is this....if I was an NFL player getting paid millions to just make appearances and show up to practice, you bet your ass I'm going to know exactly how much I'm getting paid and when and how often etc. It's not the agent's job to retain major contract info pertaining workout clause and bonuses.

Brown is a dumbass and this was a hard lesson for him to take. Notice how he's now going to beg the 49ers like it's any of their ****ing problem. Be a man and own up, stop looking to other people to blame for your failures.

I bet he knows how much guaranteed money he's supposed to get should he get cut/released.

I don't quite understand the poll options.

It truly is amazing to see the difference a generation makes.

The nanny state has already drilled into the heads of so many toddler-adults that it is the job of someone else to take care of them and lead them through life.

The world of 1984 is going to be quite easy for some of you to adapt to...

That was my initial reaction. Is it that big of a problem to attend workouts in exchange for $2 million freaking dollars?

I seriously doubt that. It's easy for a player to find an agent. With the exception of the superstar agents like Scott Boras or Drew Rosenhaus, the agent needs the player a helluva lot more than the player needs that particular agent. And I guarantee you that Boras and Rosenhaus make damn sure details like this don't get overlooked when they would cost their client MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

Where do you go to find out who represents who?

Um, IT IS DIFFERENT because (1) NFL players are dumbasses for the most part and probably incapable of reading and understanding their contract, (2) they hire an agent to DO EXACTLY THAT for them.

Did you hire an agent to negotiate your salary, vacation days, sick days and overtime rate?

I didn't think so.

We pay our accountants and attorneys to perform certain functions which we need but don't have the expertise to perform. Same with an agent. Unless the agent informed the player of this clause and the player choose to ignore it this is 100 percent on the agent.

Actually, IT IS THE AGENT'S JOB to remind this jackass that he has a workout clause in his contract. That's one of the reasons the player pays the agent.

Your headhunter analogy is completely wrong. You don't pay the headhunter (unless you're desperate and you have no marketable skills). The company that hires you and pays your salary pays the headhunter. Your relationship with the headhunter terminates as soon as you accept the job offer.

The player's relationship with the agent is ongoing. It's totally different.

Yep. Athlete's aren't paid to be contract specialists. They're paid to perform on the field. That's what these pencil necked ****s get paid for, and they get paid very well to not **** it up. This guy ****ed it right up. Buh bye.

What a load of crap. What the **** does this have to do with a "nanny state"?

Answer: This has nothing to do with a nanny state. It's all about hiring a guy to do a job for you and him failing to do the job.

If I hire a tax attorney to make sure I avoid every tax that I can legally avoid, I will fire his ass if he misses some tiny little detail that winds up costing me two million dollars. The tax attorney isn't my nanny: he's a professional that I pay to perform a service.

Well, then him paying $2M for a little more "life" prolly shouldn't bother him then. Or...........was that "life and family" not worth a mere $2M? We'll know by how he reacts....

Meh, it's only money, he got mom-time... Good for him, and his agent should be commended for helping it happen perhaps.

That's complete bullshit. It's the agents job to tell the player what is in the contract. After that it is the player's responsibility to follow the contract. Working out, taking care of their bodies, and playing football is an NFL player's job. If he doesn't care enough to remember a clause in his contract that will pay him 2 FREAKING MILLION DOLLARS, then the fault is his own.

If the tax attorney tells you "keep your receipts for all business transactions", and you "forget" that he has told you that, is it the attorney's fault that you are ****ed at tax time?