BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – For the first time since 2022, the Texas A&M football team can boast a first-round pick in the NFL draft. <\/p>\n
Shemar Stewart went No. 17 overall to the Cincinnati Bengals, but as minicamp wraps up Stewart has yet to step on the field.<\/p>\n
KBTX\u2019s senior Texas A&M sportswriter Travis L. Brown digs deeper into a contract dispute with ESPN\u2019s Bengals beat reporter Ben Baby. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a pretty unique situation here now to kind of put this into perspective, all rookie contracts are slotted much like they are in baseball,\u201d Baby said. \u201cWhat\u2019s holding Shemar Stewart up from signing his participation waiver, which allows him to be on the field while negotiating some of the details of his contract.. is that he\u2019s taking exception to some of the language in the rookie contract, specifically about potential voids on future guaranteed money. Talking to his camp, one of the biggest problems is that there seems to be an issue of the Bengals trying to set precedent with this rookie class.\u201d<\/p>\n
Contract disputes between rookies and teams are not new, even for first round picks. <\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s Shemar\u2019s side is going to budge anytime soon,\u201c said Baby. \u201dThe thing with the Bengals, and what makes a lot of people around the league very interested in this case, the Bengals are very hard nosed negotiators and do not typically budge on these things, so figuring out which side is gonna blink first, that\u2019s gonna be fascinating and Shemar said, essentially, you know, he doesn\u2019t want to take the field until this gets ironed out.\u201d<\/p>\n
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