Ricky Manning Jr. Arrested

Oh, ok.

 

That is nice that we came out on the right end of something like this for a change. He gets in trouble right after he signs somewhere else, instead of right after he signs here. Did he not get in trouble for something like this before?

 

To my knowledge, he's never been arrested since he was drafted. Him getting arrested right after he signed an offer sheet with Chicago has little to do with the Panthers doing something "right".....other than not paying a decent nickleback #1 corner money.

 

http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=24264

 

The contract is legally binging right? They can't resind it now can they? I would think that we don't match he is theirs and they get to deal with the BS and we get the 3rd.

 

Wow what a dick. Buh-bye.

 

Looks like there is no way to get out of the Manning contract...


Question 1.4
Let's assume that a RFA negotiates a new contract with a new team (Let's call them Team A), and the prior team opts to match it. Can the player go back to Team A to see if they will up their bid?

Answer: No. When the player agrees to the deal with Team A, it becomes a binding contract pending the prior team's Right of First Refusal. The league must be notified of this contract within two business days, and the player's prior team has seven days to decide whether to match the offer. If nothing is done after seven days, then the contract with Team A becomes official. If the prior team elects to cash in their Right of First Refusal within 7 days, then they must present the player with the "First Refusal Exercise Notice" at which time the team and player have entered into a binding contract of their own.

 

I beleive he was arrested for assault prior though.

 

Bears
Manning Jr. charged with assault in L.A.

April 24, 2006

BY BRAD BIGGS Staff Reporter

http://www.suntimes.com/output/bears/cst-spt-bear24.html


The man the Bears are counting on to solve their secondary woes has his own problems right now.

Ricky Manning Jr., whom the Bears signed to an offer sheet worth as much as $21 million Friday, was arrested shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday in Los Angeles and charged with assault with a deadly weapon after a melee at a Denny's restaurant left a patron unconscious.

Manning, 25, was bailed out of jail, and Los Angeles Police Department detective Robert Lewis said late Sunday that a court date has not been set. What is set is that the Bears will owe Manning -- a cornerback signed to fill the void in the nickel package created by the retirement of Jerry Azumah -- a big chunk of money Friday if the Carolina Panthers decline to match the five-year contract, as expected.
The deal is front-loaded to discourage the Panthers, who have a tight salary-cap situation, from bringing Manning back. With a roster bonus of $5 million this season, his cap figure for 2006 will be between $6 million and $7 million.

According to Lewis, Manning was in a group that attacked a man in the restaurant after teasing him for working on a laptop computer.

"The group began by making comments that the victim looked like a geek or a nerd,'' Lewis said.

The victim asked the group to stop and then complained to a Denny's manager before someone in the group punched him in the face. He then was punched and kicked by multiple attackers until losing consciousness, Lewis said.

The group fled the restaurant, but the car Manning was in was pulled over by officers just blocks from the scene in Westwood Village near the campus of UCLA, where he played in college. According to Lewis, the victim, whom he would not identify, regained consciousness and identified Manning as one of his attackers. Manning has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon because the attack involved people kicking the victim with shoes on, Lewis said.

A source said Manning has said he was at the restaurant but had no part in the melee. It is not the first time Manning has been arrested. He was charged with assault after a bar fight in the same area five years ago today. His record has been clean since joining the NFL.

Authorities are hoping to make more arrests in the incident.

It's another headache for general manager Jerry Angelo to deal with while he sorts through the Thomas Jones situation. As reported in the Sun-Times on Saturday, Jones has stopped participating in the team's offseason program, and agent Drew Rosenhaus said his client is receptive to a trade.