UPDATE: ProFootball Talk just reported...
Brown’s new contract with the Raiders carries with it $30.125 million in fully-guaranteed money at signing. He already has earned a $1 million signing bonus. The other $29.125 million comes in the form of 2019 salary ($14.625 million) and 2020 salary ($14.5 million).
Assuming that a suspension would void the guarantees, the Raiders would be able to cut Brown at any point and owe him nothing further. They could even do it now, turning the Brown experiment into a $1 million mistake — along with the third-round and fifth-round pick they surrendered to the Steelers acquire him.
If they suspend him without pay for Week One, they also could do it at any time during the 2019 season and avoid owing him anything further under the Termination Pay provision of the labor deal, since a player with four or more years of service can collect the remainder of his salary upon being released only if he’s on the Week One active roster.
JUST YESTERDAY, Antonio Brown shared the fine notice from the Raiders front office, detailing AB's penalty for missing mandatory practices at training camp. Now there's speculation the team will suspend Brown after an altercation with the team's GM, Mike Mayock...
TMZ reported this earlier today...
We'll keep you updated as the story unfolds. Thank you football Gods, for relieving us of this cancer.
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