Jackson to Dolphins

That's all well and good, but if he signed an injury settlement then he wasn't Waived. Which means he wasn't on the waiver wire, he was a free agent, but it says the Dolphins picked up his waiver. This is where I'm confused.

 

Doh!

 

U didn't know that injury settlement counted as a waiver. I always assumed it was a release.

Oh and that reminds me, I had hopes Peko could be an O-line contributor and he turned out to be a turd.

 

Yes, I knew...Maser hated Peko.

 

The CBA is silent on "injury settlements" specifically but it is safe to say that it is treated like other settlements.

In this case, an injury settlement is given to a waived player requiring them to sign a paper saying they will not initiate an "Injury Grievance" (which is covered by the CBA). Without an injury settlement, a player can file a grievance saying the football related injury kept him from performing his duties and thus he should be placed on IR. (You might call it "hush money" so to speak.)

A waived player is a waived player and an injury settlement is unrelated to that status. If you've ever been fired/laidoff you might have seen a similar form that, if you sign, they'll give you X weeks of pay if you promise not to file a law suite.

Hope this helps.

 

LOL That was supposed to be "I didn't" I hit the U instead sorry.