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Interesting article from 2000 (Bounty related)


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This is an article relating to violations regarding side deals made by the 49ers back in 2000. I've quoted the part I thought you'd all find particularly interesting...

It also permits commissioner Paul Tagliabue to suspend for up to one year any club executive found to have entered into an undisclosed agreement or payment, and increases from $2 million to $3.5 million the amount clubs can be fined for entering into undisclosed payments or agreements.

Brent Jones' contract is among those that led to the 49ers' penalties for violating the salary cap.

The commissioner also may take two first-round draft choices from teams violating the Collective Bargaining Agreement with side deals.

The CBA also permits the commissioner to fine individual club personnel up to $250,000 each for their roles in any undisclosed agreements. Players and agents may be fined the same amount by the CBA Special Master.

Millions in fines and no first rounders for the next three years would be absolutely hysterical.

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Goodell's big thing is player safety, but that part is a judgement call that could probably be appealled. But if it is verified that these side deals took place, there seems to be not much of a gray area. Kind of black and white. According to this, the organization could be fined millions, and individual players and agents could get upwards of $250K each, depending on involvement.

Now the only thing is if this same verbiage went into the new CBA. Even if it didn't though, violations happened time-wise under the old CBA, so I don't know how that would work.

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