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Originally Posted by dustygoon
To the lawyers on here: Hard to imagine Murr pays out Sutter's contract without an attempt to negotiate a termination/settlement.
What kind of misconduct clauses might be in a coach's contract that could cover what happened here? Seems realistic that we have a pattern of players complaining/saying they won't play/asking for trades, etc which is damaging to the business. Sounds like some cause.
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Originally Posted by IamNotKenKing
Just Cause is EXTREMELY difficult, and not going to be the case here.
I have not seen Darryl's contract, but you would need something so ridiculously specific to have this as Just Cause.
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IANAL, although with some 40 years in senior corporate management I do have some experience. IANKK is quite correct - establishing suitable "cause" in almost any environment is extraordinarily difficult (unless, of course it's the NHL and you are the Sharks and the target is Evander Kane....just saying).
The usual item is a "morals" clause and that's been successfully invoked on numerous celebrities. But in the more mundane world of employment...employers just pay. (Otherwise there is a sh*twhack of documentation and written warning(s) required and even that is often not enough.) Sometimes it's a negotiated amount, a reduction on the full value of the contract or Notice Period as the case might be, but the employer pretty much always pays.
DS might be happy to take a $1M discount on his $8M due, unless the contract specified a lesser amount for early termination, just so he gets his cash now. But he likely doesn't have to do so.