[mooby]

well i feel that because he already got 20k just for clinton wearing it in camp, why should portis have to honor the other 20k because he wasn't there. the deal was 20k up front, 10k at week eight, and the other 10k at christmas. ohalete was cut before preseason i believe, so if he had had the number before that and he got cut, then the number would've been free for anyone to take. if it was the case that portis pay 40k up front all in one, and portis only paid 20k, then maybe i would say that portis should just pay the other 20k. because what it looks like to me is that it would be portis' number to keep after he paid all the instillments, instead of it being his number after the down payment. the way the contract looked like, is that clinton doesn't officially own the jersey number until he paid all instillments, but because ohalete got cut it wasn't his number so he couldn't make clinton pay for it.