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Oakland Press, Oakland, Ca
After contract talks broke down over the weekend, it was announced that former "all world" wide receiver Kurt Bice was released. Despite being on the IR for the last year and a half, it became apparent to Oakland management that Bice was not going to resign his massive contract to a more reasonable offer this year.
Bice was evaluated prior to the start of free agency and while he was cleared to play, it was evident that most, of not all of his skills were gone due the severe knee injury he suffered. We spoke with Oakland GM Jave about the situation:
"I was actually shocked when they told me that aside from about 2 million dollars, he was not willing to restructure his contract to help the team free up cap space despite being a 3rd receiver now. We talked with his agent night and day for the closer part of a week and they just would not budge. They all but forced us to release him. It's a shame because I wanted him to retire a devil, but not at 13 million a year."
The end result is he was released costing the team 6 million this year and another 6 million next year in order for Oakland to pay off the contract. The real number here is the 6 million each year that Oakland now has to sign players to fill some of the dozen or so holes on this team. We will certainly miss the high flying "showtime" every sunday afternoon and wish him well wherever he ends up.
After contract talks broke down over the weekend, it was announced that former "all world" wide receiver Kurt Bice was released. Despite being on the IR for the last year and a half, it became apparent to Oakland management that Bice was not going to resign his massive contract to a more reasonable offer this year.
Bice was evaluated prior to the start of free agency and while he was cleared to play, it was evident that most, of not all of his skills were gone due the severe knee injury he suffered. We spoke with Oakland GM Jave about the situation:
"I was actually shocked when they told me that aside from about 2 million dollars, he was not willing to restructure his contract to help the team free up cap space despite being a 3rd receiver now. We talked with his agent night and day for the closer part of a week and they just would not budge. They all but forced us to release him. It's a shame because I wanted him to retire a devil, but not at 13 million a year."
The end result is he was released costing the team 6 million this year and another 6 million next year in order for Oakland to pay off the contract. The real number here is the 6 million each year that Oakland now has to sign players to fill some of the dozen or so holes on this team. We will certainly miss the high flying "showtime" every sunday afternoon and wish him well wherever he ends up.
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