Re: Report: Wake wants out of his contract
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:46 pm
That's heir apparent. Not air.Zarquon wrote: He was supposedly the air-apparent
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That's heir apparent. Not air.Zarquon wrote: He was supposedly the air-apparent
Again a highly improbable scenario unless such an NFL team wanted to pay off all 8 teams. The only way to let Printers out of his contract then would've been to release him in which case he'd immediately be claimed on waivers by another CFL club and the NFL team would have to pay that team off too. You could play that game through all of the teams and somewhere along the way BC could reclaim CP themselves.SammyGreene wrote:Interesting point LionKing. I could have sworn during the Printers/Medlock 3-ring circus prior to the start of the 2005 season that there was talk of an NFL team providing the Lions financial compensation to allow Printers out of his contract.TheLionKing wrote:Sounds to me like the NFL is tampering with a player under contract.
Perhaps this is what Wally discussed with Wake's agent yesterday? The timing of Wake's request is very bizzare otherwise. This could have been done 4 or 5 months ago.
We have a BINGO !!!!!!Hambone wrote:I think this is totally agent-induced.
By looks of Jim Mullin's most recent offering it may be more media-induced than agent-induced.Shi Zi Mi wrote:We have a BINGO !!!!!!Hambone wrote:I think this is totally agent-induced.
This is entirely agent induced, according to Jim Mullin's earlier story.Hambone wrote:By looks of Jim Mullin's most recent offering it may be more media-induced than agent-induced.Shi Zi Mi wrote:We have a BINGO !!!!!!Hambone wrote:I think this is totally agent-induced.
CFLPA on its own initiative digs into 2007 rookie contracts to see if anything doth stink.
As a 2007 rookie Wake's contract would be one of many being looked at.
Wake's statement was obviously drafted by one of his lawyers/agents. Talk about loopholes:CKNW wrote:One of Wake's agents, Jon Elnitski says the wheels were set into motion after he had a discussion with the players association.
Elnitski says that wake is still preparing to remain in camp, and is just one of many players from last year questioned in the union investigation.
Out of all the rookies who signed in the CFL last year, Wake has attracted the most attention from NFL teams.
It doesn't say that he has a legal commitment to the B.C. Lions and the CFL and wants to fulfil his contract, only that he has no plans to breach "any legal commitment" that he may be found to have after the CFLPA review of contract legality initiated by his agents."To be clear - nothing has changed with respect to my contract with the BC Lions and I have no plans to breach any legal commitment that I have with the BC Lions or with the CFL."
Ah yes, but that statement doesn't clarify who initiated the discussion? Was it Elnitski making an enquiry to the CFLPA? Or was it the CFLPA as part of their little investigation who called Elnitski to get information on their negotiatons re: Wake thus enlightening him to something he wasn't even aware of?B.C.FAN wrote:This is entirely agent induced, according to Jim Mullin's earlier story.CKNW wrote:One of Wake's agents, Jon Elnitski says the wheels were set into motion after he had a discussion with the players association.
Elnitski says that wake is still preparing to remain in camp, and is just one of many players from last year questioned in the union investigation.
Out of all the rookies who signed in the CFL last year, Wake has attracted the most attention from NFL teams.
The CBA puts a positive duty on the teams in negotiating contracts. Under no circumstances could circumvent the CBA and say that the agents or player bear that responsibility.ziggy wrote:If he got sucked in maybe he should look at firing his agent or agents, surely one of them must have been aware of the rookie rule? I can see this being an issue if he just fell off the turnip truck ,or if his agents were the basis for that old Jim Carrey movie, but I find that hard to believe. I suspect they signed a deal and now want to cash in on last years success.
i guess we may find out about this soon.Tighthead wrote:The CBA puts a positive duty on the teams in negotiating contracts. Under no circumstances could circumvent the CBA and say that the agents or player bear that responsibility.ziggy wrote:If he got sucked in maybe he should look at firing his agent or agents, surely one of them must have been aware of the rookie rule? I can see this being an issue if he just fell off the turnip truck ,or if his agents were the basis for that old Jim Carrey movie, but I find that hard to believe. I suspect they signed a deal and now want to cash in on last years success.
I find it amusing that there is a reasonable chance that the Lions were in contravention of the CBA, and yet most of the vitriol is directed at the player and his agent.
The part about the CBA may be true, but if you have an agent you should certainly expect that he does some homework and is as familiar with the CBA as some of you fans are, prior to collecting his cut from the signing. If the agent is aware and he should be, that his client was not offered the options he is entitled to then he should earn his pay and speak up. I find it hard to believe that anyone calling themselves an agent would allow this to happen to their client. Kind of like hiring a lawyer and finding out halfway through the trial that he doesn't really understand law or if he does doesn,t want to cause waves by objecting.Tighthead wrote:The CBA puts a positive duty on the teams in negotiating contracts. Under no circumstances could circumvent the CBA and say that the agents or player bear that responsibility.ziggy wrote:If he got sucked in maybe he should look at firing his agent or agents, surely one of them must have been aware of the rookie rule? I can see this being an issue if he just fell off the turnip truck ,or if his agents were the basis for that old Jim Carrey movie, but I find that hard to believe. I suspect they signed a deal and now want to cash in on last years success.
I find it amusing that there is a reasonable chance that the Lions were in contravention of the CBA, and yet most of the vitriol is directed at the player and his agent.
The agent has nothing to do with the fact that the Lions are obligated to observe the terms of the CBA. The Lions should also be familiar with the CBA so as to not circumvent it through inadvertance.ziggy wrote:The part about the CBA may be true, but if you have an agent you should certainly expect that he does some homework and is as familiar with the CBA as some of you fans are, prior to collecting his cut from the signing. If the agent is aware and he should be, that his client was not offered the options he is entitled to then he should earn his pay and speak up. I find it hard to believe that anyone calling themselves an agent would allow this to happen to their client. Kind of like hiring a lawyer and finding out halfway through the trial that he doesn't really understand law or if he does doesn,t want to cause waves by objecting.Tighthead wrote:The CBA puts a positive duty on the teams in negotiating contracts. Under no circumstances could circumvent the CBA and say that the agents or player bear that responsibility.ziggy wrote:If he got sucked in maybe he should look at firing his agent or agents, surely one of them must have been aware of the rookie rule? I can see this being an issue if he just fell off the turnip truck ,or if his agents were the basis for that old Jim Carrey movie, but I find that hard to believe. I suspect they signed a deal and now want to cash in on last years success.
I find it amusing that there is a reasonable chance that the Lions were in contravention of the CBA, and yet most of the vitriol is directed at the player and his agent.
Overrated Wilson?.......the guy is now playing in the NFL.......so how exactly did we overrate him?Blitz wrote: I remember some fans on Lionbackers overrated Wilson