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| 1st June, 2005 - 6:54 pm |  ESPN - Ricky Williams is close to officially returning to the NFL, but at issue is contract language meant to determine whether Williams should make a $3.7 million base salary next season or the league minimum of $540,000. It appears that the high end is too much for the Dolphins to clear, the low end too little for the former star running back to hear.
Agent Leigh Steinberg declined to discuss the matter, but he did tell The Miami Herald, "I don't see Ricky playing for that ($540,000) figure."
The Herald talked with several attorneys with contract law backgrounds who have read Williams' contract, which was renegotiated in 2002, and the vote was split. Two told the newspaper that Williams is entitled to the $3.7 million salary; two believe the Dolphins could pay him the minimum; and one said there was enough room for debate that arbitration might be the best solution.
"There are clauses in the contract that are pretty strongly worded in the team's favor, but you have a pretty good question about whether he's still in breach of the contract once he returns to the team," the undecided attorney told The Herald. [READ] |
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