The NFL Players Association notified the NFL that agent Carl Poston has been suspended indefinitely.
The league office officially informed 32 teams in a memo that Poston can't be involved in negotiations for any player, nor can he be an adviser on any deals. The term of the suspension was "until further notice." It was unclear why the union termed the suspension "until further notice" when the original length was two years.
Poston filed suit in U.S. District Court in New York claiming his two-year suspension should be overturned. Congress was also inquiring about the NFLPA's agent certification process and how it related to Poston.
An eight-member NFLPA disciplinary board recommended a suspension when it claimed Poston had been negligent in negotiating a contract for former Redskin LaVar Arrington. The union claimed Poston signed the contract without ensuring it had a $6.5 million bonus clause that had been agreed upon.
Previous legal challenges of agent certification have been upheld at least two times in previous court cases. It is not known how the House of Representatives inquiry will affect the union's decision.
Poston recently signed cornerback Ty Law to a five-year, $31 million contract with the Kansas City Chiefs.
"Nah, I trust the laws of nature to stay constant. I don't pray that the sun will rise tomorrow, and I don't need to pray that someone will beat the Cowboys in the playoffs." - Irn-Bru
Unless they are suspending him from the Wilson Bridge, does it matter?
"That's a clown question, bro"
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"But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
That he didn't, didn't already have"
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JSPB22 wrote:What's the point of suspending one brother and not the other? I thought they were a team.
As punishment for the not doing his job. He rushed through the contract signing probably to get to the next deal. Kevin wasn't involved in the reading and signing of the contract so he dodged the bullet. This will put all agents on notice, and players too.
I was kind of concerned when I read the language of the suspension and it said the bonus had been "agreed upon," since that sort of implies the Redskins did agree to pay it and Poston's only crime was in not catching it when the team reneged.
Then I noticed the suspension was handed down by the players union, which is obviously going to assume the team is at fault -- even as it's disciplining the agent.
