Sea signs 6th rd pick who can never play just so he gets $500k bo (1 Viewer)

[Riversco]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/classy-seahawks-sign-draft-pick-before-having-to-cut-him-due-to-heart-condition-234534881.htmlSea signs 6th rd pick who can never play just so he gets $500k bonus

Friday's move by the Seahawks was a little peculiar because it involved them cutting a sixth-round pick just a few weeks after the draft, but ultimately it'll be a line in the transactions page most people will read and instantly forget.

Seattle Seahawks waived offensive tackle Garrett Scott with the non-football illness designation.

Scott, during a physical with the team, was found to have a rare heart condition that will keep him from playing, the Seahawks said. Scott played in college at Marshall.

There's a silver lining. The Seahawks found out about Scott's condition before signing him but the team signed him to his contract anyway, then waived him. That means Scott receives his signing bonus and first-year salary totaling about $555,000, according to Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times.

 

[kwille]

That's cool.

 

[CapnJB]

Nice move... doesn't hurt the team and helps the guy out. They'll get some good press but people will forget about this in a few weeks. This time next year he'll be the only one that remembers... solid move by Seattle.

 

[fridayfrenzy]

This isn't some good gesture by the Seahawks. He was signed so they can waive him on the NFI list and once he clears waivers then IR him, allow him to get surgery and hopefully play next year. The condition is correctable.

 

[spider321]

This isn't some good gesture by the Seahawks. He was signed so they can waive him on the NFI list and once he clears waivers then IR him, allow him to get surgery and hopefully play next year. The condition is correctable.

Still, it IS a good gesture by the Seahawks. I'd bet the odds are very much against this guy ever playing in the NFL.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

 

[Caesar]

This isn't some good gesture by the Seahawks. He was signed so they can waive him on the NFI list and once he clears waivers then IR him, allow him to get surgery and hopefully play next year. The condition is correctable.

So, they are going to pay for and give the guy a surgery that will potentially save his life and maybe, minutely, give him an miniscule chance of possibly playing football again, much less in the NFL where some tiny percentage of 6th round picks ever make a team?

yeah, not a great move by the Seahawks. Its all about them.

Ridiculous post.

 

[fridayfrenzy]

This isn't some good gesture by the Seahawks. He was signed so they can waive him on the NFI list and once he clears waivers then IR him, allow him to get surgery and hopefully play next year. The condition is correctable.

So, they are going to pay for and give the guy a surgery that will potentially save his life and maybe, minutely, give him an miniscule chance of possibly playing football again, much less in the NFL where some tiny percentage of 6th round picks ever make a team?

yeah, not a great move by the Seahawks. Its all about them.

Ridiculous post.

The move is primarily driven by the Seahawks not wanting to toss their 6th round pick in the trash. He was hand picked by the Seahawks, 6th round or not, and they aren't going to just let it walk out the door. The Seahawks are basically red shirting him. If you think this is just a feel good story then so be it.

 

[renesauz]

Solid move by the Seahawks. They didn't sign and waive him to then claim and IR him- that's just silly as players can get IR'd long before the roster space is needed.

Big thumbs up to the Seahawks for this.

 

[Shutout]

This isn't some good gesture by the Seahawks. He was signed so they can waive him on the NFI list and once he clears waivers then IR him, allow him to get surgery and hopefully play next year. The condition is correctable.

So, they are going to pay for and give the guy a surgery that will potentially save his life and maybe, minutely, give him an miniscule chance of possibly playing football again, much less in the NFL where some tiny percentage of 6th round picks ever make a team?yeah, not a great move by the Seahawks. Its all about them.

Ridiculous post.

The move is primarily driven by the Seahawks not wanting to toss their 6th round pick in the trash. He was hand picked by the Seahawks, 6th round or not, and they aren't going to just let it walk out the door. The Seahawks are basically red shirting him. If you think this is just a feel good story then so be it.

Any way you slice it, if a team finds an issue that can save your life and writes you a half a million dollar check, that's a good karma move. I'm no Seahawks fan but I can be unbiased and call a kudo a kudo. I think the saints did a similar thing. We trash the nfl and rightfully so for their greed and such but there are good people out there doing things for people that alter their life. That deserves credit.

 

[Bruce Hammond]

12th man has a new lifetime member in Scott.

 

[JetMaxx]

Horrible predraft scouting but solid attempt to save face.

 

[Chimp Magnet]

Classy bunch of #######s up there in Seattle.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

Wow. The team is paying $550,000 when they could have paid nothing. They can afford it, but it's a lot of money to any organization. Very classy move.

 

[fridayfrenzy]

Wow. The team is paying $550,000 when they could have paid nothing. They can afford it, but it's a lot of money to any organization. Very classy move.

They could have paid nothing and wasted a 6th round pick and got nothing. Instead, they signed him and will go get their asset fixed and hopefully have him return next year.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

Wow. The team is paying $550,000 when they could have paid nothing. They can afford it, but it's a lot of money to any organization. Very classy move.

They could have paid nothing and wasted a 6th round pick and got nothing. Instead, they signed him and will go get their asset fixed and hopefully have him return next year.

shut up about it already.

 

[fridayfrenzy]

Wow. The team is paying $550,000 when they could have paid nothing. They can afford it, but it's a lot of money to any organization. Very classy move.

They could have paid nothing and wasted a 6th round pick and got nothing. Instead, they signed him and will go get their asset fixed and hopefully have him return next year.

shut up about it already.

As someone's terrible avatar once told me. Suck it up princess.

 

[Bojang0301]

Not to turn a good thing into bad but why arnt players salaries guaranteed? Baseball is a far less complex sport, but, granted has a lot more games. I mean you can point it out in any other sport than football. The Knicks were still paying Jalen Rose last year IIRC. I don't know if it's because these guys are in and out of the league so fast their union is weak but I can't believe the corner they backed themselves into on the last CBA. Jealous vets took away they only opportunity anyone had to make real money on rookie deals thinking it would get recirculated to them but all it did was pay the Brees and Mannings of the world while teams look to get as many rookie contracts as possible to compete with. Don't mean to hijack this thread, just seems to me if a team can pay 500k to a player who won't play for them they can guarantee someone's salary who will.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

Not to turn a good thing into bad but why arnt players salaries guaranteed? Baseball is a far less complex sport, but, granted has a lot more games. I mean you can point it out in any other sport than football. The Knicks were still paying Jalen Rose last year IIRC. I don't know if it's because these guys are in and out of the league so fast their union is weak but I can't believe the corner they backed themselves into on the last CBA. Jealous vets took away they only opportunity anyone had to make real money on rookie deals thinking it would get recirculated to them but all it did was pay the Brees and Mannings of the world while teams look to get as many rookie contracts as possible to compete with. Don't mean to hijack this thread, just seems to me if a team can pay 500k to a player who won't play for them they can guarantee someone's salary who will.

Because thats how they (the players and their reps) bargained it.