Haynesworth is Behaving Selfishly

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Originally Posted by ethat001

I know this would never happen because $$$ matters more than anything for these guys, but...

Is there anything Haynesworth could do by missing these practices that would invalidate part of his contract? I imagine if he refused to come in for mandatory practices, etc..

And what if we told him to play NT and he played half-heartedly, or even faked an injury... Does anyone know if his contract has any sort of enforcement?

Haynesworth would never do anything that could be proven as a "faked" injury, and how can you really prove he was playing halfheartedly? You could point to certain plays on film and say he wasn't giving his best, but tanking and faking injuries will only further derail his future earnings. Sure he dicked around last year as far as practice and injury exaggeration, but he knew he was ridiculously paid no matter what. I don't know contractual legalese, but I doubt you can add a clause that involves salary reduction based on perceived lack of effort on gamedays, or fake injuries.

He'll have to toe the Shanahan line at some point if he wants to be successful here and/or get another big payday from another team. Or maybe he's content with what he's earned so far and he half-asses his way through the rest of his career. I hope it's the former, but I certainly wouldn't be surprised if it was the latter.