Antonio Brown Files Grievances Seeking $40M From Patriots & Raiders

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Brown isn't giving up that easy.

Antonio Brown wants his money. According to Ian Rapoport, the former NFL wide-receiver has filed grievances through the NFL Player's Association against the New England Patriots and the Oakland Raiders. Brown hopes to win back the $40 million that he has lost to unpaid salary, fines, and voided guarantees. The grievances were officially filed on Friday afternoon.

Sources say the case likely won't be heard by the system arbitrator until the spring. The breakdown of his money is fairly convoluted. He's looking for payment of guarantees for 2019 and 2020 ($29 million) and his signing bonus of $1 million. He also wants to be refunded for roughly $215,000 in fines handed out by the Raiders.

Then, with the Patriots, there's the unpaid Week 1 salary of $64,062, the rest of the $1.025 million that was his guaranteed base salary, and a $9 million signing bonus that was never paid. On top of all of this, Brown is also filing for breach of contract. Altogether, it comes to about $40 million. 

Brown was released by the Patriots after being named the subject of an NFL investigation for rape and sexual assault. He also texted intimidating messages to the accusers.


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Cole Blake is currently an Editor at HotNewHipHop based out of Brooklyn, New York. He began working at the site as an intern back in 2018 while studying journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s graduated with a bachelor's degree and written extensively about a wide range of topics including pop culture, film & television, politics, video games, sports, and much more. He’s also covered music festivals such as Gov. Ball and Rolling Loud. You can find him publishing work for HNHH from Monday to Wednesday or on weekends. On the sports front, Cole’s a passionate NBA and NFL fan with his favorite teams being the Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Lakers. He also roots for the Yankees whenever he finds himself at Yankee Stadium or the Red Storm when in the company of other SJU alumni. His favorite hip-hop artists are billy woods, Earl Sweatshirt, Cam’ron, MIKE, and Mach-Hommy.
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