^I was a bit worried earlier, but now I'm back on all this being a smokescreen.

 

Teams are seriously going to ask him to sign a waiver that negates any compensation should he injure his knee? Rookies aren't paid all that much to begin with and everything you hear about his knee is about how it may not hold up long term, not short term. Anyways, the value in an early draft pick isn't in amount of money paid out, it's the in the ability to select highly sought after players before other teams.

 

So let me get this straight. If he signs a waiver, teams are all of a sudden going invest a high first round pick in him over other blue chip players so they can recoup a couple million bucks on the backend of his deal in the event he re-injures his knee? Sure.....

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