I’m… poor beeeyotch!
After losing his $100,000 workout bonus and getting fined $14,000 a day for missing camp, Ashley Lelie owes the Denver Broncos about $1.1M. For someone who will make $600,000 this year, that has to be the dumbest holdout in the history of the NFL.
Sometimes, those daily fines are waived when the player eventually comes into camp and signs a new contract. However, as part of the trade agreement, the Broncos made him sign an agreement that allows them to recoup that $1.1M and they are likely to do so to discourage others from such a foolish holdout.
Shanahan states that the draft pick the Broncos got in return for Lelie was secondary to the penaltieis.
It wasn’t really the pick as much as I just wanted to make sure that they knew whatever the prorated signing bonus was and whatever the fines were that that was going to be a hefty amount. That’s a lot of money to pay back. And when that was agreed to, then we talked about compensation relative to what we should get for his services and we were able to do that.
Good work, Ashley. You didn’t want to be a #3 WR so you got yourself traded to the Falcons to be a… #3 WR and now owe half a million. Genius.
Links:
[ESPN]: If Broncos demand all that’s due, Lelie may pay to play
