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Falcons Release Ovie

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@ZachKleinWSB: Per league source, #Falcons release FB Ovie Mughelli


He had a great contract, although maybe too good at the end of the day. Will miss seeing him lead the way for Michael Turner. Here's to seeing him back on the field or continuing his broadcast career.
 
This is what's wrong with the National Fascist Football League. If owners are allowed to rip up contracts at any time, players should be allowed to do the same.

Goods luck Ovie!!
 
RJKarl said:
This is what's wrong with the National Fascist Football League. If owners are allowed to rip up contracts at any time, players should be allowed to do the same.

Goods luck Ovie!!
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Pretty sure that the contract explicitly states that owners can do such a thing. There is really no unfairness to it.
 
Surely, someone will pick him up? Hasn't he been to a couple pro bowls?
 
The players have no balls. It shouldn't be allowed in the CBA.

As to holding out, they can't their services to other teams. Also if they don't show up they can't work.
 
RJ, you're so wrong about this it isn't even funny. Wait, yes it is funny. The only money you sign an NFL contract for is the signing bonus and first-year money. Everything else is either gravy or indentured servitude.
 
Wrong, if the team so desires, you get paid an agreed upon wage for other years. The team can cancel the contract but the player can't.

That's the definition of a one-sided agreement.
 
Every contract has a certain amount of guaranteed money as well. That is what the agents are paid to really negotiate. Everyone knows (players, agents, GMs) that non-guaranteed money is hardly ever paid in full. Hell, the Redskins gave Donovan McNabb some absurd non-guaranteed extension during the season, and just cut him after one year. On the other hand, top rookies would get more guaranteed money than seasoned vets before the new CBA.
 
Falcons still have Tyson and Zelenka. Still, it sucks. Ovie was very good for them and did a lot in the Atlanta community. He is definitely a guy you don't have to worry about going bankrupt or wasting $$$.
 
Sorry to hear this, but it was somewhat expected when the Falcons drafted a fullback.
He really is a respected and well-liked guy, as well as a good player.
I would think he could have the option of playing for another team, or stay in Atlanta, where he is connected, and do something business related.
 
Fuck Your Couch said:
Every contract has a certain amount of guaranteed money as well. That is what the agents are paid to really negotiate. Everyone knows (players, agents, GMs) that non-guaranteed money is hardly ever paid in full. Hell, the Redskins gave Donovan McNabb some absurd non-guaranteed extension during the season, and just cut him after one year. On the other hand, top rookies would get more guaranteed money than seasoned vets before the new CBA.
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All I'm saying is either side should be able to get out of the contract the same way.
 
We used a 5th rounder on Wisco's Brady Ewing. Writing was on the wall for Ovie.

He will be 32 this year and was due $3MM in salary. That is untenable for an aging fullback.

Ovie signed a six-year $18MM contract in 2007. That included a $5MM signing bonus. So basically Ovie only missed the last year of that money.

You would be hard pressed to find any other fullbacks who have had as lucrative a career as Ovie. He did not get screwed in any way, shape or form.
 
RJKarl said:
Wrong, if the team so desires, you get paid an agreed upon wage for other years. The team can cancel the contract but the player can't.

That's the definition of a one-sided agreement.
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Surely you recognize that I'm painting with a wide brush here, but that's how NFL contracts work - get it up front or you probably ain't getting it. That's why Charles Johnson was the highest paid player in the NFL last year, he got his money up front. He now has the luxury of dogging it for the next couple of years in hopes that the Panthers will cut him and he can get another big signing bonus somewhere. Or if he gets hurt, he still got his big payday and doesn't have to worry about a backloaded contract.

How the hell is it a one-sided agreement if both sides sign the contract?
 
It's one-sided because all the power is with one side. If one side can unilaterally cancel the contract, both sides should be able to do so.
 
Didn't he get a Harvard in MBA during his offseasons with the Ravens?
 
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