Though Packers safety Nick Collins wants a new contract, he doesn’t want one badly enough to risk the financial consequences of skipping a mandatory minicamp.
And so it’s reasonable to assume that he won’t risk the even bigger financial consequences of skipping even one day of training camp.
Asked whether his presence at the minicamp means he’ll attend training camp, Collins told Rob Demovsky of the Green Bay Press Gazette, “We’ll see. I’m here now. So we’ll see.”
But his decision to show up for minicamp likely means that Collins won’t skip any of training camp. Boycotting all or part of a mandatory minicamp results in a maximum fine in the range of $9,800. Skipping only one day of training camp triggers a maximum fine in excess of $17,000 per day.
Miss a second day, and another fine in excess of $17,000 may be imposed. And so on.
Collins skipped nearly all of the voluntary offseason workouts and practices, in part due to his father’s illness and death and thereafter due to Collins’ concerns regarding his contract. His agent has said that, even without the family issue, Collins wouldn’t have attended voluntary offseason drills.
Collins is due to earn a base salary of $3.045 million in 2009.
Nick Collins Shows For Packers Mandatory Minicamp
Posted by Mike Florio on June 22, 2009, 3:24 PM EST
6 Responses to “Nick Collins Shows For Packers Mandatory Minicamp”
I don’t see why he thinks he’s worth more than 3 mill a year. That sounds about right for a pro bowl Safety.
With their switch to a 3-4 scheme,which relies heavily on the safeties to direct the traffic,he knows he better get his butt in camp,or risk falling behind on the learning curve….
Glad to see he’s not gonna be a jerk about missing camp. Let’s see him perform consistently well again, and he’ll get his payday.
The fact that TT hasn’t paid jennings who is getting fiscally raped at under 600grand this year, may end up having an effect on other players contract situations.
Collins very well may be thinking ” gregg is the bomb, and even he can’t get paid!”….
Why even bother calling these things voluntary. Since whenever a player misses one, someone always makes a big deal out of it.
jyernberg says:
June 22nd, 2009 at 4:33 pm
The fact that TT hasn’t paid jennings who is getting fiscally raped at under 600grand this year, may end up having an effect on other players contract situations.
Collins very well may be thinking ” gregg is the bomb, and even he can’t get paid!”….
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They are in negotiations with Jennings which is what is holding up the Collins deal. Jennings is first in line. Of course his agent is going to ask for the sun, moon and the stars in the offseason. Big contracts don’t get done until the season is in effect and the player is on the field. At that point there is a risk of injury and the agents suddenly come down from their pie in the sky demands. Until you know what Jennings agent is asking for, you can’t really critique the front office. They could actually be taking a stand and being prudent, not just overpaying players out of desperation like the Vikings always do.
Further complicating things is probably the contract that Berrian got from the Queen’s. I’m sure Jennings agent is looking at their severe overpayment of a mediocre receiver and saying if Berrian is worth 7 million/year, then Jennings is worth about 12. Of course the market is set by Fitzgerald at 10 million per year, but that was due to his dramatic escalator cause the forced the Cardinals hands. He’s not going to get more than Fitzgerald, but an argument could be made that way given the ridiculous false market that the Berrian contract caused.