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Originally Posted by SBJ
ya, the league doesn't break contracts till the courts deal with it cause some people get arrested and still play for a year before they go to trial.. Now some teams will get rid of players if the case looks solid esp a murder charge but that didn't happen the day he was arrested.
Phx suns had the morris twins playing with them for over a year after they were charged with assault and I still don't think the courts have settled it. They still played this whole year on different teams.
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The lawyer on the show said there is an issue with signing bonus money he may now get as well as lost salary. I assume his signing bonus was set to be paid out over a certain time period and when he was arrested/convicted they withheld that/those payment(s). Now that the conviction has been thrown out they may have to pay him that. I'm sure the team will try to fight it, but it will likely come down to what the contract says or what the union agreement is.