profootballtalk.com - 6/11/2008
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Jake Plummer never collected a penny from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but they’re about to collect $3.5 million from him.
Stephen Holder of the St. Petersburg Times reports that the team and Plummer, who retired shortly after the Bucs acquired him in a trade with the Broncos, have reached a settlement in their longstanding grievance.
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Jake Plummers pays team he never played for $3.5 million
Fanster.com —
... that your previous employer paid you. Crazy right?
Not if you are former Arizona State/Cardinals quarterback Jake Plummer.
Plummer was trade to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last off season and then retired before ever stepping on the field. Tampa decided to try and get back a $7 million dollar signing bonus which the Denver Broncos paid him.
The Bucs and Plummer reached an agreement that gives Tampa $3.5 million of the $7 million paid to Plummer.
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