Matt Millen. Detroit Lions. Now, discuss. Watch in fascination as Lions fans butcher the English language. But watch with an empathic nature, feeling their pain, remembering Millen drafting three wide receivers in the first round between the 2003 and 2005 NFL Draft. Even though Roy Williams was traded to Dallas, Mike Williams and Charles Rogers are out of the NFL completely.
Charles Rogers Ordered To Pay $6.1 Million Of Signing Bonus To Lions
↵Rogers, the Lions 2003 first-round pick and second pick overall, was ordered by U.S. District Judge Julian Abele Cook to pay $6.1 million of his $9.1 million signing bonus money. The Detroit Free Press’ David Ashenfelter writes:
↵↵The Lions sued Rogers last September for failing to comply with a 2008 arbitrator’s ruling that he repay the money. Rogers was suspended for four weeks in 2005 after testing positive three times for an unspecified substance. He was cut from the team the following year.
↵Rogers argued that his contract with the Lions didn’t specify how the unearned portion of the bonus should be calculated. He said he owed $305,882 for the 4 weeks he was suspended.
↵The Lions said he owed the balance of the 7-year signing bonus from the date he failed to play or practice with the team.
↵↵What’s the likelihood that Rogers has $6.1 million stashed around the house to comply with the court order?
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