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Herman Moore has warned the Lions following their drama with Frank Ragnow.<\/p>\n
There was a bit of controversy that emerged late last month from the Detroit Lions<\/a>, who were revealed to have asked retired center Frank Ragnow, a three-time All-Pro selection during his seven year career, to repay the club a portion of his signing bonus because of his early retirement.<\/p>\n As Lions fans are well aware, this is not the first time that the team has done this with a notable player who walked away early, having done the exact same thing with both Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson.<\/p>\n Both players were estranged for years from the organization before mending fences. And now, another former notable Lions player is speaking out.<\/p>\n Former Detroit Lions WR Herman Moore Reacts To The Situation<\/p>\n Former Lions wide receiver Herman Moore, whom they selected in the first round (10th overall) of the 1991 NFL<\/a> Draft, believes that this could have a harmful future impact on the club.<\/p>\n \u201cThe business side is the business side. When money is asked back, that can be talked through and worked out,\u201d wrote Moore<\/a>. \u201cWhen that spills into the public space, it creates division, and don\u2019t think other players (or their representatives) don\u2019t see it. They remember it when it\u2019s time for their own negotiation and contract discussions.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen it comes to decisions like this, there\u2019s room to make a different call. There are players who go above and beyond, who represent everything an organization says it stands for, who lay it on the line over and over again. And in those moments, a team has a choice,\u201d Moore explained. \u201cIt can follow the contract exactly as written or it can decide, based on what that player meant to the organization, that it\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n Thanks to his outstanding career, Moore was named to the Pride of the Lions, as well as the Lions 75th Anniversary Team along with the Lions All-Time Team. But it\u2019s obvious that he feels this decision by the team wasn\u2019t the right one and could have lasting ramifications.<\/p>\n \u201cThat decision isn\u2019t just about money, it\u2019s about what the organization wants to stand for, how it wants to be seen, and how it chooses to treat the people who helped build it. Because those decisions don\u2019t stay isolated,\u201d Moore added. \u201cThey carry into the locker room, into future negotiations, and into how players view that organization moving forward. Sometimes the best decision isn\u2019t the strict business decision, it\u2019s the one that reflects the standard of an organization.\u201d<\/p>\n Rod Wood Explained The Precedent Dates Back To Barry Sanders<\/p>\n As Wood would explain to The Detroit Free Press, this is the same standard that the organization has had since legendary running back Barry Sanders abruptly retired on the eve of Training Camp in 1999.<\/p>\n \u201cI really don\u2019t spend too much time looking at what other teams do and I don\u2019t imagine they spend too much time looking at what we do,\u201d Wood said during the NFL\u2019s annual meetings on Tuesday<\/a>. \u201cWe have to do what\u2019s right for our organization and if I worried about optics, we wouldn\u2019t do a lot of things. But, I\u2019m very comfortable with where we are and every situation has been handled separately and differently. I don\u2019t have anything else to say on that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur precedent goes all the way back to Barry Sanders,\u201d Wood told the Free Press. \u201cAnd if Barry Sanders paid back money. \u2026 And I think the reality is, they\u2019re not paying back their money, they\u2019re returning our money. Cause they were paid in advance for services that they hadn\u2019t completed.\u201d<\/p>\n However, the Lions are once again finding out the poor optics of the situation isn\u2019t helping their image.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMichael Whitaker<\/a> Michael Whitaker is a sports journalist based in metro Detroit with nearly a full decade of experience with publications like Clutch Points and The Hockey News. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from Eastern Michigan University. 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