Antonio Brown Reportedly Considering Filing Grievance Against Raiders to Recoup Money
By Chris Russo
The Antonio Brown saga just continues.
The currently unemployed and possibly retired wide receiver is considering filing a grievance against the Raiders in order to recoup some of the $30 million in guaranteed money he was owed before being ousted from the organization, according to Jeremy Fowler.
NFLPA working through scenarios for an Antonio Brown grievance against the Oakland Raiders, per source. Among items under consideration to try to recoup: Three fines, unpaid Week 1 salary, base salaries of $14.625/$14.5 million and $1M signing bonus.
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) September 27, 2019
Brown is seeking his unpaid Week 1 salary, his $14.625 million and $14.5 million base salaries for this season and next, and his $1 million signing bonus for the 2019 campaign from the Raiders.
This is not the only grievance being filed by the wideout, who is also seeking $10 million in guaranteed funds from the New England Patriots, who released the 31-year-old last week.
Antonio Brown is filing a grievance to get his $10 million guaranteed from @Patriots. The @NFLPA will represent him but personal misconduct that can void guarantees is in every contract across all professional sports. Question is: Can he win the grievance?
— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) September 22, 2019
Brown is seeking all options as he looks to lay claim to the money he was promised from teams, despite not having lived up to his own end of the bargain. All of Brown's personal issues and questionable conduct aside, it's pretty petty that he could ask the Raiders for money when he never played a down for them beyond the preseason.