HESTER CAVES
ProFootballTalk.com —
... , Bears receiver Devin Hester reported for training camp. According to Brad Biggs of the Chicago Sun-Times , Hester arrived on Friday morning , and will practice with the team later today. But Hester has arrived without the new contract that he wants. And there’s no guarantee that he’ll get his new deal. Meanwhile, if the Bears choose to push the issue, more than $30,000 of Hester’s 2008 base salary of $445,000 will be forfeited due to Hester’s two-day hiatus.
Hester reports to camp... without new contract
Windy City Gridiron —
Hester reports to Bears camp:
Devin Hester's resolve to sit out the entire 2008 season, if necessary, to get a new contract ended after two days of training camp.
The wide receiver arrived at training camp happy teammates reported at breakfast this morning, in time for a morning weightlifting session and today's 3 p.m. practice.
Hester shows up after accruing roughly $30,000 in fines for missing two days of practice.
That is good news, though I am surprised he caved so quickly.
Devin Hester Finally Ends Extremely Long Holdout
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
After two days of sobbing uncontrollably into their mustaches, Bears fans can smile and eat their deep dish pizzas topped with polish sausages and sauerkraut again: Devin Hester is ...
Devin Hester is good at math
MVN Outsider —
... Devin Hester is hoping you don’t, because it’s what he said just three days ago when he said he was holding out of the Bears’ training camp. Then people started reporting that $15,000 in fines per day * the number of days he would miss > Hester’s salary for the year. Hester figured it out, too, so today he showed up to camp only $30,000 lighter after missing two days. ...
Devin Hester Ends Shortest Holdout in NFL History, Reports to Bears Training Camp
FanHouse —
... ). Not so much because contract talks might stall, but because it cost Hester $30,000 in fines to hold out for two days, which, when you don't want to live on less than half a million, sorta hurts. And that probably has something to do with this: ...
