JesusFOREVER
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Give him his money
Calvin Johnson still mad he was forced to pay back Lions after retiring
- Thread starter goatmane
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And NFL contracts are honored by the organization’s right ?
U sound like a cac that calls into the local radio shows
Detroit Wave
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Detroit great nikka
the lions been buns my whole life. I aint watched nfl in a couple seasons 
staticshock
Veteran
As a Lions fan..this was just another example of why this organization is trash. Dudes retire early all the time and aren't asked to pay back bonuses. Demanding Johnson do it was clearly a power move and a "fukk you too buddy" from the GM.
Worse thing is on Monday I gotta hear Detroit radio talk about this nonstop. White dudes calling in trashing the best Detroit Lion of the last decade while comparing the situation to their shytty blue collar job. Nobody gives a fukk that you work construction - you don't have a signing bonus, you have no leverage over your employer and you probably support political policies that have destroyed your bargaining+salary. So tired of these white dudes calling in outraged that black athletes have more power than them.
Like the cac above you smh
@Cladyclad fukk you
Calvin along with Julio are one of the few WRs who were never on that diva shyt. Bruh risked his health for that shytty franchise for years & never complained. Even choose GA Tech over other colleges cause him & his family value education
He still does charity work in Michigan & this is how they treat him smh
djthegreat88
Superstar
The coli logic
. Calvin signed that contract himself. No one forced Him to resign with lions. That was his choice. The lions had the right to take that money back and release whoever they want because its in the contract that the player signed. No guarantees in the NFL.
The coli logic
Calvin signed that contract himself. No one forced Him to resign with lions. That was his choice. The lions had the right to take that money back and release whoever they want because its in the contract that the player signed. No guarantees in the NFL.
The God Poster
LWO representa
So because he chose to take control of his career his heart was never into it
I was saying that well before he retired. So when he did retire it didn’t surprise meSo because he chose to take control of his career his heart was never into it
Nick Foles fell 4 snaps short of a $1m bonus in his contract last season, the Eagles gave it to him anyway. Lawrence Guy & James White both barely missed 500k snap based incentives last season, the Pats gave it to them anyway.The coli logic
Calvin signed that contract himself. No one forced Him to resign with lions. That was his choice. The lions had the right to take that money back and release whoever they want because its in the contract that the player signed. No guarantees in the NFL.
The Lions had every legal right to take back what they did, sure, but you have teams at the top of the sport routinely taking care of their own and the Lions are playing hardball with one of the greatest players in franchise history. The only teams that do shyt like that are bottom dwellers who never amount to anything.
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Tony D'Amato
It's all about the inches
I thought it was criminal when the Dolphins did this to Ricky Williams. They almost killed that n1gga runnin into 8 and 9 man boxes wit fukkin Jay Feidler at qb. He earned that money.
Piff Perkins
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Been listening to sports radio on and off today, and I gotta say I'm impressed. These white callers have largely sided with Johnson.
Lot of people bringing up that Romo, Lynch, and many other players were not asked to return bonus money after retirement. Only example I can think of in terms of a player being forced to pay back money was Malik McDowell, the Seahawks rookie who ended his career with an ATV accident in the offseason.
Lot of people bringing up that Romo, Lynch, and many other players were not asked to return bonus money after retirement. Only example I can think of in terms of a player being forced to pay back money was Malik McDowell, the Seahawks rookie who ended his career with an ATV accident in the offseason.