(03-30-2021, 08:54 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(03-29-2021, 12:16 PM)p_rushing Wrote: When you sign a contract there are fees for filing, credit checks, taxes, etc that if you decide to back out of the contract you usually will not get back. In football there are costs to signing players, but it really was more the time. They weren't flying people around they did potentially miss out on another player or sign other players thinking they already filled that hole.

Verbal contracts are considered specially in cases like the NFL where the player and agent have agreed to the terms. I'm not talking about a ton of money, just enough to make a player make sure they are good before they agree. 1% or so is good.

A bigger issue is with his agent. Backing out can cause an issue to the agent and teams may not want to work with the agent if there is already some history.

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So a team worth at least ten figures is worried about a couple hundred bucks? Again, your burden would be to prove the damage in anything pursued. Good luck proving first that you decided NOT to pursue another DT because you had a verbal agreement from an 11-year veteran, and also that the guy(s) you chose not to offer would have agreed to sign with us.

Do you honestly believe we were putting all our eggs in the Tyson Alualu basket?

It's not about the money to the Jags. He was certainly part of the plan or they wouldn't have offered him a contract. When he agreed, they put a checkmark and moved on. They don't have to only sign 1 player but when a player that agrees to a contract doesn't sign it t will always hurt the team. It may not be a huge lose, but that doesn't matter.

That is why I said pay a small % as a fine, it can go to charity or whatever, but the player should have some consequences for it.

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