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Fantasy Football Articles - March 2004
Enclosed in this archive is every bit of the action and updates that occurred in March 2004 within the world of fantasy football. You may want to read these articles for research on players in the coming year, or just check to see if we were way off base with our reporting. Whatever the reason, it's all here for your enjoyment.
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cap at $2.2 million a year.
With two years remaining on Dillons contract, the Bengals are still looking at a pair of $2.2 million cap hits -- even if Dillon is traded or released from his contract.
Bengals president Mike Brown explained the reasons behind the loyalty clause several times in 2000 and 2001.
Otherwise known as the "Carl Pickens Clause," after the former Bengals wide receiver, the provision is designed to "put the burden of breaching the contract on the player," Brown said.
"It isnt a device to restrict normal discourse between players and the media. Its aimed at deterring what we consider way-out behavior by a player who is trying to force the clubs hand with outrageous comments."
Thats what the Bengals thought Pickens did late in the 1999 season when he invited reporters to his locker and blasted the team for bringing back coach Bruce Coslet.
In 1999, Pickens had played the first season under a five-year contract he was paid a $3.5 million bonus to sign; $700,000 was to count against the salary cap each season.
The Bengals terminated Pickens contract July 19, 2000, and if Pickens contract had included a loyalty clause, the organization might have been able to get back $2.8 million of his signing bonus.
Many agents argue that bonus money is different from salary, but Brown says it is "salary paid on an accelerated bonus. The reality is, of course, that the multimillion-dollar signing bonus was nothing other than payment for future performance over the term of the contract."
In a column published Friday afternoon, ESPN.com insider Len Pasquarelli advised readers: "Discerning whether Dillon violated the terms of the loyalty clause likely is a matter of interpretation and one the Bengals, who would prefer to just trade Dillon and be rid of the headache he has become, probably wont pursue."
But it is an issue that hangs out there and that the Bengals can use as leverage.
Pasquarelli added that Oakland continues to pursue Dillon but have not offered
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