A $5MM installment on Antonio Brown‘s $9MM signing bonus was due on Monday. The Patriots, as many anticipated, declined to pay that $5MM, Mike Florio of PFT hears. 
It’s likely that a nasty showdown involving Brown, agent Drew Rosenhaus, and the NFLPA will ensue. Per the terms of the league’s collective bargaining agreement, Brown did not commit a “forfeitable breach” – though Florio ponders that the Patriots could argue that Brown was not forthright about the sexual assault allegations levied against him. In this scenario, the Patriots would assert that they would not have signed Brown in the first place, had they known about the claims.
On an interesting note – Florio writes that there is no downside for the Patriots in refusing to pay the embattled wide receiver. The worst case scenario, as he understands it, would be that the Patriots are forced to pay out the signing bonus at the behest of an arbitrator.
A john stiffs a rapist.
I don’t get the hate on Kraft. Are you mad he paid to get a service?
So you’re ok with rich guys employing sex slaves in the United States?
Are you kidding?? It has been clearly reported THERE WERE NO SEX SLAVES!!! Get it! THERE WERE NO SEX SLAVES!
Madman TX-“Don’t confuse me with facts! I want to believe what was first reported and not what really happen.”
Looks like we found the Patriots lifer in the room. I imagine you folks are like Spartacus “I inflated those balls, no I inflated those balls”
He isn’t wrong in this case.
Can’t you Patriot haters ever read past a headline?
What did I say that was hateful?
Was actually pretty funny
Thank God he went back to school.
maybe he’ll learn how to spell on Twitter.
Punctuation 101
His first class… “Periods are Our Friends.”
He’s just looking to meet another personal trainer
You are assuming that he actually completes those courses…….You assume way too much 🙂
I expect the Fritz Pollard Alliance to highly recommend Brown as a front office executive or coaching candidate so he probably won’t need to complete that course.
RACIST COMMENT ALERT you could’ve just made it non race related!! You’re probably cross eyed due to generations of incestuous activities my friend!!!
Miami could use his skill sets with these close games Miami has had.
Patriots are the biggest hypocrites when it comes to morality.
Hater!
Correction- uninformed hater!
are you bothered they cut him, suggesting Kraft fire himself, or that cheating in a sports game is a bigger moral issue than rape?
Kraft as disgraced himself and needs punished. He should confine himself to the Royal Suite at the Waldof Astoria. He should be bathed thoroughly and put on proper attire
🙂
Not a Pats fan but I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a handful of other NFL owners that have paid women for things…Kraft got caught with his pants down and prostitution is not a wholesome thing but he didn’t force himself on anyone…just my honest opinion
How do?
Jon Gruden wouldn’t have stiffed him. Brown should have thought more carefully when choosing his bedfellows in business.
Yup he had it made in Oakland…just makes watching his stupid little staged video of him running through his backyard yelling “free” even more gratifying lol
The Patriots owe AB $5M, plain and simple.
The idea that they didn’t know, when everyone else knew, is just plain ridiculous. It’s like in 2010 when there wasn’t a salary cap, and the Cowboys and Redskins front loaded contracts because it wasn’t technically against the rules. They knew there would be consequences, they just didn’t care. The Patriots knew there would be consequences signing AB, they just didn’t care.
Those two things have absolutely nothing to do with each other at all. At the very least he broke the personal conduct policy. Posting his accuser’s children online and your taking up for this bum? He’s getting nothing but a game check from the Pats. Watch!