TC4 Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Hot off the ESPNews ticker. The Jets offer ruled void. More as I find it....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen-like Todd Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Do they have another opportunity to match, or was he definitely handed to us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 hahaha, if this is true. Then those Jets fans aren't going to find my joke very funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC4 Posted April 7, 2003 Author Share Posted April 7, 2003 Originally posted by TheChosenOne Do they have another opportunity to match, or was he definitely handed to us? The exact reading was as follows: Redskins awarded KR Chad Motron as arbtrator rules Jets' mathing offer void Plus as I'm typing this, it was also reported as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goskinz Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 According to ESPN news, Morton has been awarded to the Redskins. The Jets do NOT have a chance to match the offer. Man they are gonna be pissed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen-like Todd Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Well, so much for drafting a punter in the 5th round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 give us a link for the love of god! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJWatson3 Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 I just saw that it said Morton awarded to Redskins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboDaMan Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Nothing on the espn site...they're still running the 'Decision expected today' story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 OMG... that is funny as crap... the season opener is definately going to have some sour grape overtones....:laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Where are you seeing or hearing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOskins56 Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/pasquarelli_len/1535196.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Hmm... maybe we can trade him back to the Jets for their fourth rounder. Would have liked it to go the other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankbones Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Good lord we are just bending the Jets over and raping them:jerkoff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All In Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/pasquarelli_len/1535196.html Bloch rules Jets did not binding agreement in place -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Len Pasquarelli ESPN.com The battle is over. Chad Morton has been awarded to the Redskins after arbitrator Richard Bloch ruled the Jets did not have a binding agreement in place with the return specialist, ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli reported Monday. Bloch then voided the Jets matching offer after hearing arguments from NFL Players' Association lawyers who claimed the Jets did not completely match the Redskins' contract offer to Morton, a restricted free agent kick returner-running back. Morton signed a five-year, $7.945 million restricted free agent offer sheet with the Redskins on March 6. The last two years of the deal were voidable, meaning they would be expunged if Morton reached certain predetermined performance benchmarks. But the Jets, who retained the right to match any offer sheet to Morton by making him a qualifying offer in February, appealed to the Management Council, essentially the league's labor arm, contesting the voidable years. The Management Council subsequently ruled that the voidable years did not represent a "principal term" of the offer and did not have to be matched. When the Jets opted to match the offer, on March 20, they did so without matching on the voidable years. Not surprisingly, Morton and agent Leigh Steinberg filed a grievance through the NFLPA, declaring the Jets had not fully matched the offer and suggesting that the player be permitted to move to the Redskins. Had the Jets not matched the offer, they would have received a fifth-round choice in the 2003 draft as compensation. The union asked that the Jets' actions be overturned and that Morton, who has broadly hinted that he would have preferred to move on to the Redskins, be assigned to the Washington roster. Morton is one of the NFL's premier kickoff return specialists and is coveted by both teams. Len Pasquarelli is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Oh joy. Now we have a kickoff returner making 8 million over 3 years (if he voids the last two, which is his option). Can someone PLEASE remind me how this is GOOD? Personally, i think the whole morton thing was a smokescreen by snyder,,, He signs this guy, the Jets swear up and down they will do whatever it takes to keep him...he 'botches' the trade with NE for a compensatory pick, and while the jets and the NFL are looking the other way, he snatches coles, and put the jets in a position to have to choose which one of the two to upset their cap with. I think the jets may have gotten back at us on this one. Those two voidable years at the end of his contract can cause a SIZABLE cap hit. I think they purposely left it out and made Danny eat this guy. A bad deal. I can't agree with this move being good at all. Way too much money for a kickoff returner,,, WAY too much. I will remind that aside from his two TDs in the first game of the season, he averaged less than two yards better than Betts did last year. Yippee Skippy. :doh: ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty dread Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 wow, how pissed is Jets fan right now?! LOL The season opener just got more interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 This is a stone cold trip. They have got to be pissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckydevil Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Sportstalk 980 just said Morton rewarded to the skins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankbones Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 I know this is a stupid question but do we still owe the Jets a 5th rounder? Because the following statement makes it sound like we don't Had the Jets not matched the offer, they would have received a fifth-round choice in the 2003 draft as compensation. "would have"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince62 Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Bang...I agree. But we can all be happy with a slick kick-off returner while we watch the defense getting crapped on all season long!!!! so he may yet be put to good use!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinker Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 washingtonpost.com Arbitrator Awards Morton to the Redskins By Mark Maske Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, April 7, 2003; 4:25 PM The Washington Redskins added to their free-agent haul in their frenetic offseason when an arbitrator today awarded them kick returner Chad Morton, a restricted free agent from the New York Jets. Arbitrator Richard Bloch made Morton, who ranked second in the AFC in kickoff returns last season, a member of the Redskins by upholding the NFL Players Association's claim that the Jets improperly matched a five-year, nearly $8 million contract offer sheet to him last month. "This is a 100 percent victory for the player," said Richard Berthelsen, the union's general counsel. "Getting a ruling that the Jets had to match the void clause would have been a victory. Getting him to the team he wanted to be with is the ultimate victory." The Jets, after consulting with the NFL's management council, did not match a provision in the Redskins' offer to void the final two seasons of the contract. Bloch sided with the union, which argued during a hearing on Thursday in front of the Washington-based arbitrator that the voidable-years clause was a principal term of the contract that the Jets had to match. The provision creates a sizable salary cap hit for Morton's team after three seasons and was designed by the Redskins to dissuade the Jets from matching the offer. On March 13, the Jets announced that they would keep him by matching the Redskins' offer. Under the NFL's rules for restricted free agency, the Jets had one week to decide whether to match the Redskins' offer, which included a signing bonus of $2.5 million. Morton, on the advice of agent Leigh Steinberg, did not sign the Jets' version of the contract and the union filed a grievance on his behalf. Berthelsen said he believed the Jets improperly matched the offer sheet and Morton should be awarded to the Redskins. The union maintained that, if Bloch decided the voidable-years clause was a principal term, the Jets should not be given another chance to match the Redskins' offer because their one-week window to match had long since expired. Bloch agreed, and the Redskins must give their fifth-round draft choice to the Jets as compensation for Morton. He becomes the third restricted free agent added by the Redskins this offseason, following wide receiver Laveranues Coles and safety Matt Bowen. The club surrendered its first-round pick for Coles and its sixth-round selection for Bowen and is left with four choices in this month's draft -- one selection each in the second and third rounds and a pair of seventh-round picks. The Redskins traded their fourth-round choice to the St. Louis Rams in February for tailback Trung Canidate. In all, the Redskins have acquired 13 players since the NFL's trading and free agent signing period began on Feb. 28. The team has signed nine unrestricted free agents and three restricted free agents in addition to trading for Canidate. Morton becomes the fourth free-agent defection from the Jets to the Redskins, joining Coles and a pair of unrestricted free agents, guard Randy Thomas and place kicker John Hall. The teams are scheduled to meet in the NFL's season-opening game on Sept. 4 at FedEx Field. Morton, who turned 26 on Friday, averaging 26 yards per kickoff return last season. He had two touchdowns on kickoff returns in a season-opening triumph over the Buffalo Bills, including the game-winner in overtime. He likely will serve as the Redskins' punt returner as well. The running back played little on offense in two seasons with the Jets after catching 30 passes out of the backfield for the New Orleans Saints as a rookie in 2000. He and Steinberg stressed during their deliberations with owner Daniel Snyder, Coach Steve Spurrier and other Redskins officials that Morton would like to play more on offense. Morton played tailback and wide receiver in college at USC while Hue Jackson, now the Redskins' offensive coordinator, was the school's offensive coordinator. Morton had 2,511 career rushing yards at USC, including 1,141 yards as a senior in 1999. The Redskins already have three tailbacks, having acquired Canidate to go with Ladell Betts and Kenny Watson, so their backfield situation becomes rather crowded. Watson could be squeezed out of the playing-time mix. © 2003 The Washington Post Company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboDaMan Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 frank, I think that's just bad writing. Can't see any reason why the Jets wouldn't get that 5th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 That's a good question. I would assume that the five is gone, but maybe not, more than likely it's just sloppy writing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathByLinebacker Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Originally posted by frankbones I know this is a stupid question but do we still owe the Jets a 5th rounder? Because the following statement makes it sound like we don't "would have"? I noticed that wording also, but the ruling is that the Jets did not match the offer so we do have to give them the 5th. The Post article that was just posted confirms this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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