# Albert Haynesworth Conditioning Test

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-haynesworth-conditioning-test/549083>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-haynesworth-conditioning-test/549083 "2010-08-04T00:59:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-haynesworth-conditioning-test/549083/21 "2010-08-09T12:02:32Z")

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> [@Snarky\_Kong](#):
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> > [@Superhal](#):
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> > I don’t think it matters. Shanahan is obviously trying to embarrass him.
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> Is there some way to get him to quit or in some other way get some money back? I think they’ve written him off completely.

They can sue to get the money back, apparently. The precedent was set by Rickey Williams and Michael Vick. After those two cases, the court decided that “guaranteed money” is actually salary that is given up front, but is actually prorated over the length of the contract.

For example, if you get a 100 million in guaranteed money over 4 years (25 mil/year), but you get 100 mill of that in the first year, then quit, the team can sue you to get the 75 mil back. My interpretation is that it is equal each year but the court treats it like a book advance.

The difference here is that Haynesworth lied to their face, said he would play until the day they had to pay his bonus, then as soon as the check cleared, he went back to his previous stance.

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**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-haynesworth-conditioning-test/549083/22 "2010-08-09T12:11:18Z")

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> [@pancakes3](#):
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> i urge you all to get out there and see what your time is, and how you compare to a professional athlete who’s getting paid one of the fattest contracts in the league.

> [@Oakminster](#):
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> Think I heard something about ESPN morning radio personality and retired NFL player Mike Golic taking and passing the fitness test earlier this week.

Yes. I saw the show where they talked about it. They did make the point (which **Oredigger** also mentions) that the required times are based on position, and thus size. If people who are comparing their own ability to run this in 70-second times are much smaller than Haynesworth, then in an actual test in a football system, they’d have to do it much _quicker_ than what big guys like him are allowed.

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