Eagles gave Westbrook bonus twice accidentally

gibbs4president · Post by **gibbs4president** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:14 pm

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=a ... &type=lgns

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Brian Westbrook received an extra $3 million from the Philadelphia Eagles in an accounting error.

The star running back intends to pay the team back after getting his roster bonus twice. However, the Eagles filed a grievance with the NFL against Westbrook because the money hasn't been repaid yet, a team spokesman said Saturday.

Westbrook finished last season with a career high of 1,217 rushing yards and was sixth in the NFL with 1,916 yards from scrimmage. He signed a five-year contract extension worth $24.9 million during the 2005 season.
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"ohh, so that's where that extra 3 million went"

Not a big story by any means, but it made me laugh when I read it. I just picture the Redskins shaving more money off the cap every minute, and the Eagles are accidentally paying their players extra money.

SkinsChic · Post by **SkinsChic** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:17 am

So they ARE as dumb as they look!

1niksder · Post by **1niksder** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:32 am

SkinsChic wrote:So they ARE as dumb as they look!

Goes the show the difference between their FO and the Skins.

Phithy had a option to convert a $3M roster bonus into a $3M signing bonus (this is a tatic the Skins have been using for years :wink:

) to save cap space this year. The E-gals had never used this tool before and obviously no one really understood what "convert" meant, so he was paid a signing bonus AND a roster bonus.
ROTFALMAO

LOSTHOG · Post by **LOSTHOG** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:24 pm

As tight as they are it seems impossible to make that mistake. I would have thought they would have cheated him out of money instead of giving too much

davelavarra · Post by **davelavarra** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:07 am

Is this gonna have cap implications for them?

PulpExposure · Post by **PulpExposure** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:50 pm

Uh dude...our bad. Remember that 3 million dollar check we gave you last month?

Can we have it back?

1niksder · Post by **1niksder** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:24 pm

davelavarra wrote:Is this gonna have cap implications for them?

Depends on how long it takes them to recoup the money