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NFLPA suspends agent Poston indefinitely
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:05 am
by Cappster
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.
John Clayton is a senior writer for ESPN.com.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2530936
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:27 am
by Chris Luva Luva
Of course its not as big of a story when it was the agent who screwed up and not the Skins.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:30 am
by Deadskins
Who's gonna represent LaVar now?
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:01 am
by JansenFan
Kevin Poston
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:25 am
by Deadskins
What's the point of suspending one brother and not the other? I thought they were a team.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:10 pm
by Countertrey
Unless they are suspending him from the Wilson Bridge, does it matter?
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:43 pm
by 1niksder
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:08 pm
by Jeff Rhodes
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:01 pm
by Deadskins
Whatever, that saved us another 6.5 million of dead money against the cap.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:17 pm
by 1niksder
JSPB22 wrote:Whatever, that saved us another 6.5 million of dead money against the cap.
He probably had a little something to do with LA giving up $4M to become a free agent
