“Just because somebody pay you money don’t mean they’ll make you do whatever they want or whatever. I mean, does that mean everything is for sale? I mean, I’m not for sale. Yeah, I signed the contract and got paid a lot of money, but … that don’t mean I’m for sale or a slave or whatever.” – Albert Haynesworth explaining why a $100 million contract and a $21 million signing bonus doesn’t entitle the Washington Redskins to move him from playing interior defensive lineman in a 4-3 defense to interior defensive lineman in a 3-4 defense. It doesn’t explain, however, why he accepted said signing bonus after being told the team would grant him his release if he was unwilling to make the switch.
