# Antonio Bryant got $8M for nothing? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 30, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antonio-bryant-got-8m-for-nothing/551937 "2010-08-30T00:26:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antonio-bryant-got-8m-for-nothing/551937/1 "2010-08-30T00:26:41Z")
> **[Bengals release WR Bryant despite $8M cost](https://www.espn.com/nfl/trainingcamp10/news/story?id=5509631)** > > The Cincinnati Bengals released receiver Antonio Bryant, the team announced Sunday. I know there have been high profile signings where the player goes all the way through a season without ever playing a real game but this guy didn’t even make it through training camp and got $8M from the Bengals??? Am I misunderstanding something? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antonio-bryant-got-8m-for-nothing/551937/2 "2010-08-30T00:33:15Z")
Signing bonus, I’m guessing? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antonio-bryant-got-8m-for-nothing/551937/3 "2010-08-30T11:22:45Z")
Its the guaranteed portion of his contract he signed. Somebody screwed up bigtime in the medical evaluation process with this guy. Either that, or he re-injured the knee in minicamp. He participated in exactly one official practice, so he wasn’t eligible for the PUP. The Bengals have now signed two veteran FA wideouts in two years and whiffed on them both. And lost about 15 million dollars in the process. The other being Laverneus Coles. On the bright side, TO is looking like a gem. He and Palmer are going to hook up a lot this season. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antonio-bryant-got-8m-for-nothing/551937/4 "2010-08-30T11:51:17Z")
Oh, and another thing: Bryant can eat a bag of dicks. He and his agent are trying to sue the Bengals for the $1.5 million in base salary he would have earned this season had he played or had the Bengals put him on IR. This after getting $8 million dollars for some minicamp and one practice. Fuck that guy. He’s probably doing it because he knows he’s finished in the NFL. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antonio-bryant-got-8m-for-nothing/551937/5 "2010-08-30T18:46:12Z")
They should have been wearing ski masks when they signed that contract. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antonio-bryant-got-8m-for-nothing/551937/6 "2010-08-30T18:51:13Z")
Guess they really BUNGLED THAT ONE, DIDN’T THEY?! HAHAHAHahahahhehehehlol ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antonio-bryant-got-8m-for-nothing/551937/7 "2010-08-30T18:57:58Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Oh, and another thing: Bryant can eat a bag of dicks. He and his agent are trying to sue the Bengals for the $1.5 million in base salary he would have earned this season had he played or had the Bengals put him on IR. This after getting $8 million dollars for some minicamp and one practice. Fuck that guy. He’s probably doing it because he knows he’s finished in the NFL. According to the CBA a team cannot cut someone who is injured, so the Bengals only have themselves to blame for the whole debacle. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antonio-bryant-got-8m-for-nothing/551937/8 "2010-08-31T23:39:31Z")
TO always looks like a gem until he blows up the team. ---
**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antonio-bryant-got-8m-for-nothing/551937/9 "2010-09-01T00:44:10Z")
His agent was smart enough to put guaranteed money into the deal. Mike Brown is stupid enough to give him that much in guarantees without any due diligence. Somewhere Paul Brown soul is sobbing that he raised an baboon.