Once you get over the oddity of having to pay a bonus to a professional athlete to show up for work in good physical condition, you can see some wisdom in the approach.
It’s how the Seahawks are dealing with new running back Eddie Lacy (formerly of the Green Bay Packers), whose performance the last two seasons has diminished because of injuries, along with the consensus that he’s been playing too heavy.
The Packers listed him at 234 pounds, but that appeared merely aspirational, and some reports held that he was threatening 270 pounds in the offseason.