Incase of greivance going LaVar's way

The Times article seems to make sense. Why would the Skins agree to an additional bonus and have Lavar count 18m agains the cap? This kind of seems like a smack in the face to the Redskins, but of course I want Lavar to be happy and productive for us. I hope this pans out nicely for everyone, but I don't think it will. Seems like a real catch-22, somebody is gonna be upset when all the smoke clears

So when is this situation supposed to be cleared up??? The team, including Lavar needs to be focusing on the upcoming season, mini-camps, etc.

azskinsfan2:

Settling grievances according to the processes set up in the collective bargaining agreement takes a LONG time. A friend tells me that it could take up to 2 months from the time that the grievance is formally filed and then accepted and that won't happen until sometime next week at the earliest.

Absent an agreement outside the grievance process, I'd guess we are reading and hearing about this one until at least the end of April and maybe into the first 10 days of May.

with what the washington times has said about this grievance, why would lavar be doing this? I love lavar as a player as much as other members here, if not more than some of you, but has anyone raised the thought of maybe he's being a bit greedy and trying to get "free" of the redskins? maybe with spurrier walking away, lavar had had enough of the rotating flow of coaches from year and year and wanted out. I am a bit of a conspiracy person so maybe this is all fooey but it's not most of us really ever know any of these players. I hope I'm wrong about this but with everything apparently looking like the claim is bogus, I can't really think of any of legit reason this would be happening. :confused:

Strange thing is that other than this issue, he's sounded pretty comfortable recently and OK with the new coaching set up. I think he's been pushed a bit by his agent. If it turns out the agent is responsible, I hope the realises the guy screwed him over, not the Skins.

I'm just glad that *so far*, what you would think would be rather big news, has been pretty quiet and heard about pretty muhc by just skins die hards like us. I'm glad that this hasent blown up all over the place.

Flippin agents. Wish they would all go away. They are part of the problems in sports. More and more here lately you hear how agents are screwing up but who is the bad guy the team. I say it is to late. You signed it live up to it. Fire the one who screwed you: your agent. But what is at stake for LaVar's agent 50-70 thousand (his cut of the signing bonus).
All I can say to LaVar's agent is, you are an IDIOT.

If, as the newset times article says, Lavar has to prove FRAUD, then it's going to be tough for him. Even if the skins screwed up, that's not fraud unless they deliberately lied to him. Then again, Martha's going to jail, so you never know.

Also, Lavar has said nothing about holding out, etc, so I take it he's not so pissed that he won't play. If he really thought they screwed him, wouldn't he be sitting? Sounds like the agent screwed up, and they're trying their best to recover some cash. But the skins didn't blink, so we're in this situation for the next few months. The players association backed Lavar because they always back the player.

But did they really think the 2006 salary would be 18 mil?

Seriously , a 18 Million dollar Salary. I dont even think P.Mannings is that high throughout. His agent screwed him over bigtime, not the washington redskins.

Yeah. The agent also screwed himself out of a hefty chunk of change as well. That may be his motivating factor.