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suntimes.com - 7/24/2008

Hester plays hardball

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With news of his absence from training camp blaring from a sports talk station in the background, Devin Hester said he's prepared to dig in for the long haul. As in the entire 2008 season. The most dynamic return man in NFL history -- and a guy who would have run with the first team at wide receiver had he attended the Bears' first practice Wednesday -- wants more money.

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MVN Outsider:  Hester is serious

ProFootballTalk.com:  HESTER SITUATION IS FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT SYSTEM SHOULD CHANGE

F Juice.com:  Bears To Hester: You Ain’t All That

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Hester is serious
MVN Outsider — ... Bears’ receiver Devin Hester, who did not show up to training camp in hope of getting a new deal, said this in the Chicago Sun-Times: ...

HESTER SITUATION IS FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT SYSTEM SHOULD CHANGE
ProFootballTalk.com — ... based primarily on when they were drafted.  If a top-five pick flames out, he keeps the money.  If a seventh-rounder becomes a stud, he gets nothing more — until he gets a new contract. For many of the picks, they receive only a slotted signing bonus and minimum salaries for the life of the deal.”For me to be being paid as much as players on other teams who are sixth- and seventh-round picks who haven’t played a snap,” Hester said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times .  ”They’re getting paid the same amount as me after the two years I’ve had. . . .  It isn’t fair.” Amen, ...

HESTER HINTS AT A FULL-SEASON HOLDOUT
ProFootballTalk.com — In any negotiation, credibility is important.  And Bears receiver/returner Devin Hester is taking a risk that he’ll have none in his current dispute with the Chicago Bears. Because Hester says that he’s prepared to sit out the entire season, and that makes no sense at all. “ It’s time for me to take a stand ,” Hester told the Chicago Sun-Times.“We’re going to stand by our decision to do this, and we feel like this can go down to whenever in the season or the end of the season.  No matter what.” If he sits out the season, he’d lose a year of service toward free agency, and he ...

Bears To Hester: You Ain’t All That
F Juice.com — ... wants more money. And he’s ready to call general manager Jerry Angelo’s bluff that the organization will not negotiate with players who are AWOL. ”That’s what they said to get me to start coming to OTAs,” Hester told the Sun-Times on Wednesday. ”It’s time for me to take a stand. We’re going to stand by our decision to do this, and we feel like this can go down to whenever in the season or the end of the season. No matter what.” [Full Story] ...