The Brett Favre Clause

January 26th, 2011 by Mike H. | Filed under Football, General, NFL, Sports.

Now that Brett Favre has retired yet again, maybe the third time is a charm, it looks like Favre may be able to leave his mark on the NFL in another way. Recently, Carson Palmer, of the Cincinnati Bengals, approached members of the front office and demanded to be traded. He also threatened to retire if his demands weren’t met. Now, Favre never used his own clause as an opt out. He just was a drama queen.

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Is it possible that more and more players threaten retirement if they don’t get their way. The NFL already has non-guaranteed contracts as it is, so what ultimately is the difference between retiring and getting cut? Basically the person making the decision. I wonder if the Owner’s Association and the Player’s Association even pursue this topic going forward with the new Collective Bargaining Agreement. If the league will allow players to retire from the league and un-retire the following year, as Favre had done twice, what is stopping players from doing so to get out of unwanted situations.

I think the NFL needs to get ahead of this potential problem before agents like Drew Rosenhaus figure out how to take advantage of this. Could you imagine DeSean Jackson retiring because the Eagles refuse to redo his contract and then signing the following year with a NFC East rival?

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