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I'd certainly be a little pissed if I were Ohalete. After all, he didn't have to give Portis the number at all. He was the veteran on the team, and it would be a little galling to me if some young punk who just signed a mega-million dollar contract came prancing into camp and expected me to simply kowtow to his every wish and hand over a jersey number I had earned the hard way. Now this punk signs a contract to pay me $40,000 for the number, and he doesn't pay up? That's another, even bigger slap in the face! You're damn right I'm gonna sue the little bastard!
Portis must think that it was all just a big joke, but Ohalete obviously doesn't, and he has a legal right to that $40,000. Portis needs to pay up, or a lot of people-- including Redskins fans and even players in his own locker room-- will never respect him ever again, no matter what he does on the field while wearing that No. 26.
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