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A lawyer’s-eye view of the Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown situations

People seem to think that Le’Veon Bell faced a different legal situation than Antonio Brown is going through now. I have been a lawyer for the better part of 30 years and I am here to say that it isn’t. The situations are exactly the same aside from a few key details.

First the biggest picture: every American citizen has the constitutional right to break a contract if - the big if - he is willing to pay the price in terms of money (what the courts can do) and reputation.

Wait a second!