Arrington Grievence

[sportscurmudgeon]

BrudLee:

You are absolutely correct that the arbitrator did not make a decision in the Terrell Owens case. However, the end result is that TO became a free agent which is what most folks here said would NEVER happen because he had no case.

I'm perfectly willing to admit that I don't know what happened in the Arrington/Redskins negotiations. I don't believe that the beat reporters for the Wash Post or the Wash Times or ESPN know either. Please note that Joe Crisp has not chimed in here to set all of us straight because he knows each and every detail either. Those negotiations were private meaning we do not know yet what was going on there.

Therefore, I don't feel qualified to make a judgment yet regarding the viability of Arrington's case or if this is all one giant misunderstanding. I'm just amazed how people will take sides in a matter like this without knowing any of the facts. Just because Arrington is a Redskin doesn't mean he can't be at fault. And just because Danny Boy owns the Redskins does not mean he can't be at fault. But it seems to me that a lot of folks are ready to blame the agents here just because they aren't tied to the Redskins. I'll wait and see.

As I said in my earlier post, the thing to hope for is that there is no finding of an intentional misrepresentation of the contract to the NFL and/or the NFLPA by the Redskins because that will carry sanctions for the team. That would suck!!