OMFG! Beason's Coming!

Bo Jackson is about the only one I can think of.

 

I didn't see anyone who expected it to happen, just that it was an possibility. I'll be interested to see what compromise was reached, though.

 

I confess to reading huddle now and then. They're fucking stupid.

 

the idea isn't the math, it's the idea he only has that amount of time to get ready for a game

 

i get it i get it....

j/k


but I seriously don't think Beason should play in the Giants game...he's not in football shape, there's plenty of preseason...no need to rush him in there unprepared

 

We don't need to rush him, but you'd like to have him ready in time for the third preseason game.

 

By MIKE CRANSTON, AP Sports Writer
August 5, 2007

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Carolina Panthers rookie Jon Beason ended his eight-day holdout Sunday when he signed a five-year contract that includes more than $6 million in guaranteed money.

Agent Michael Huyghue said Beason, the 25th pick in the draft, will get a $3.2 million signing bonus to make up for the lack of a second-year option bonus, which was the main stumbling block in the negotiations.

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Beason, a linebacker from Miami, was expected to travel to Spartanburg, S.C., and practice for the first time Monday morning when the team resumes training camp.

After a stalemate over how guaranteed money would be distributed, the two sides had stopped talking early last week as Beason missed the start of camp. But talks resumed Friday.

Beason and Huyghue flew to Charlotte late Saturday night. The contract was signed after a brief meeting at Bank of America Stadium Sunday morning, ending the dispute that caused Beason to miss 12 practices.

Beason's eight-day holdout was the third-longest in team history. Running back Tshimanga Biakabutuka sat out 27 days in 1996 and defensive end Jason Peter had a 44-day holdout two years later.

Peter's dispute was over the Panthers' refusal to give him a contract with voidable years, which would have allowed Peter to get out of the contract early and become a free agent if he met certain incentives.

Huyghue said the Panthers drew a similar line on a second-year option bonus after a judge ruled in the spring that that type of bonus was not recoverable if the player defaulted on the contract.

But Huyghue said he was particularly upset because he claimed chief negotiator Rob Rogers initially offered a contract structure with a second-year option bonus, only to yank the offer off the table 24 hours later.

Many teams gave first-round picks option bonuses despite the ruling. But a handful did not, and multiple reports said No. 2 overall pick Calvin Johnson of the Detroit Lions did not get an option bonus. Johnson's signing late last week may have jump-started talks.

Huyghue said the money is made up with the large signing bonus and escalates starting in the second year of the deal. Beason also will get another signing bonus in the third year of the deal.

The 6-foot, 237-pound Beason will have plenty of catching up to do when he hits the practice field Monday morning. The speedy Beason was expected to unseat veteran starter Na'il Diggs at outside linebacker, or start at middle linebacker if Dan Morgan can't return from multiple concussions.

Diggs injured his right hamstring in practice last week, and second-year pro James Anderson had replaced him. Morgan has practiced every day, but has been held out of most contact drills.

Beason will have five days of practice before Carolina plays its first preseason game Saturday at the New York Giants.

 

oh hallelujah

 

The Panthers had to cough up more money on the front side of Jon Beason's contract to get his side to ignore the lack of option bonus payments which they were unwilling to include.

According to agent Michael Huyghue, the deal contains a $3.2 million signing bonus, which is the eqiuvalent to what the 12th pick received. There are also bonus payments in the third year, and escalator clauses which will kick in beginning in 2009 which he termed "unique to his deal."

He's on his way to Spartanburg as we speak.

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sounds like Hurney was being hard headed and stubborn to the point of stupidity