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Originally Posted by Matt Reeeeead
For example, what if in the details the Senators were intending to engage with the agent (and there was evidence of this communication to agent) on a long term contract offer of 6 years x $4.5m offer to Formenton before the allegations surfaced, and the agents didn’t act, communicate, or advise Formenton properly to maintain an active contract status?
I’m just making that example up, however, that would be an example where such claims could have merit of which we have absolutely no idea.
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Again, merit has a different legal definition than strength of an argument.
But to your made example, if that scenario was true or believed to be true by Formenton or his lawyers, it would be in the lawsuit. Instead, Formenton alleges the opposite, that the agent’s recommendation to not sign the qualifying offer (something any good agent would recommend for a player of his performance) cost him the opportunity to negotiate further.
Thing is, there’s a pretty good reason why Formenton was not offered a contract, one we all know. Were it not for that situation, it is entirely likely the Senators would have signed him to an offer well above his qualifying offer. The lawsuit conveniently leaves out the fact that he was under investigation for gang rape at the time.
So to argue that he lost out on $20M due to negligence from his agent, who even based on what is alleged in the lawsuit appears to have given reasonable advice based on what they knew at the time, without mentioning the impact his involvement in a gang rape had on his potential earnings (police re-opened the investigation on July 22, 2022, one week after his QO expired), is absurd. And you do not need to be a lawyer to know it’s absurd.
My guess is that this lawsuit is designed to get a settlement, as if either the agency or the Senators knew about Formenton’s involvement before January 2024 (something that was obvious but unspoken) and that were to come out in court, it would not be great for their reputation, so Formenton’s lawyers are banking on this never actually going to court and therefore could put whatever ridiculous number they wanted in.