In an interview with ESPN, apparently from the red carpet at the ESPY awards, an ascot-wearing Brandon Marshall said that he'll show up for training camp later this month."Right now I'm obligated, I'm under contract. . . . It's $14,000 a day if i miss," Marshall said. "I'm not stupid. So I will be there."
(Whether Marshall is or isn't stupid is a topic about which reasonable minds could differ. Clearly, he has done more than a few stupid things over the years.)
Actually, it's more like $17,000 per day for a training-camp holdout, if Marshall chooses to stay away. And he'd also owe the remaining 75 percent of his 2009 signing-bonus allocation of $100,000 or so; he forfeited the first 25 percent by skipping a mandatory minicamp in June, if the team decides to push the matter.
But whether Marshall and the team are truly on the same page remains to be seen. Marshall hinted during his ESPY sound bite at an agreement he reached with owner Pat Bowlen during a recent meeting, which presumably is a reference to the supposed promise by Bowlen that he will trade Marshall, if Marshall wants out.
So even though Marshall is going to show up, there could be some fireworks after he gets there.
"Right now I'm obligated, I'm under contract. . . . It's $14,000 a day if i miss," Marshall said. "I'm not stupid. So I will be there."
Really, he is not stupid?? Maybe in his mind.
If i suddenly went from Cutler throwing bullets, to getting laid out when I have to run back to to try and catch and underthrown wounded duck from Orton I may not be completely enthusiastic about the upcoming season myself.
"Right now I'm obligated, I'm under contract. . . "
Interpretation (I am super pissed off about this, when I get home I am going to kick my dog and beat my girlfriend)
He just needs to change his name to Brandon UnoCinco already.
Hey Florio. When you copy and paste from another source, you should remember to change the font back to what you were using before. It looks like Florio Jr. is writing your articles for you.
hey broncofan 76 . . . i was copying and pasting from the notes i took and e-mailed to myself
BroncoFan = pWN3D
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Hey Florio. I didn't mean to infer that you were copying from another site, rather I was meaning from another program (data source rather than information source) as it looks like something a 12 year old would do.
But good to know you actually read the comments.