I was pointing out the fallacy of your take that he showed up to get paid. The only way he would not get paid is if he was suspended (by the team Dr. Dan) and I never heard anyone remotely suggest the Steelers were planning to do that and fact he was on the injury report might have made that difficult, not sure. I've heard no reports that said he needed to show up at the stadium to get paid or was facing a suspension if he failed to report. He just is so half crazy that he thought he could blow everyone off and show up and play but I can't find anything that suggests the motivation was his week 17 game check.
I have no idea why you seem to think menobrown or anyone else thinks a player should/would get paid even if they don't bother to show up to the stadium on gameday.
Anyway, he was mainly trying to point out that Brown and Bell are completely different situations... although one thing they do have in common is that neither guy held out.
See bolded above.
Meno says the only way he misses a check is if he's suspended.
So I'm responding to Meno saying that Brown didn't have to show up for the game ... or any other game, and would continue to get paid as if he were playing.
because he "heard no reports" ... and Brown was not suspended.
I used Bell as a reference ... I understand it's a completely different situation ... but I tried to simplify for some to understand ...
Point I was trying to make, and Meno was arguing, was that Brown showed up on game day to get paid ...
because in MY head, if a player doesn't show up for a game, team does not pay him.
This concept is difficult for some to comprehend because it was not written about or spoken of in the media .... so how can this be true?
... and maybe I'm wrong. Maybe he can just sit out several games and still get paid ... as long as the team doesn't suspend him?
Players that want to sit out games and get paid at least smart enough pull up with a fake hammy the first practice session if they want to sit out. ... but typically still need to show up for the game even if they don't dress.
Maybe the fake hammy is not even necessary?
Meno believes Brown is so dumb that he thought Tomlin would just put him in the game anyway .... after missing several days of meetings, practice, and failure to respond to any communication attempts by the team, coaches, and his teammates.
Brown is dumb but I don't think Brown or anyone else is that dumb.