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Antonio Brown questioned why he was paid less than Rob Gronkowski and said that Tom Brady is not without his teammates. (1:03)
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Antonio Brown's attorney said the wide receiver's contract was terminated by the Buccaneers because he failed to show up for a doctor's appointment.
Sean Burstyn said that they were in the middle of scheduling an appointment with the chosen surgeon when they learned that they had been terminated. The appointment time was picked early Thursday morning. They had a Wednesday afternoon appt at the last minute. It was a surprise that Buffy's interest inAB's health was new. Wasn't it on Sunday night that AB was not a Buc?
According to Burstyn, the Buccaneers are claiming that Brown was not showing up for his appointment as a reason for his release.
The reason for this is that the Bucs know that the on-the-field firing ofAB was degrading, inhumane, abusive, and unlawful. They tried to cover it up by using their latest dirty trick, "surprise attack" medical care that they never planned for. "This was pure gamesmanship to create a pretextual ending." Antonio asked to be seen by a doctor at a reasonable hour. He was fired when he spoke about his health. On the field and then on the social networking site.
Brown said in a statement that he was unable to play due to an ankle injury. He said that the broken bone fragments, the torn ligament from the bone and the loss of the cartilage will require surgery.
While Brown didn't participate in practice on Thursday and Friday preceding the game, he was cleared to play, according to the coach. Brown's frustration had to do with his lack of targets, and he was not made aware of how bad his injury was until after the game, according to Arians.
Brown said last week that he told the coaches he couldn't play because of the injury, but was told to get out of town. Brown took off his jersey, threw his gloves and undershirt into the stands, and ran off the field.
He wouldn't ask a player to play injured.
He believes that the Buccaneers are using Brown's history, which includes an arrest for assault, two public allegations of sexual assault and a suspension over the past two seasons. Brown and Burstyn argue that Brown should not be prevented from feeling pain and speaking out when he feels he is too hurt to play.
The Bucs have used the past ofAB to get out of a jam. Antonio wrote that he did not understand how people publicly concerned about his mental health could do these things to him in private.
On Friday, Brown commented on the "Full Send Podcast" that he had grown frustrated with his salary. The agent of Brown approached the team recently about guaranteeing $2 million of his incentives, but the team declined, according to the general manager of the team.
Brown was placed on injured reserve by the Buccaneers so they could pay him the rest of his salary for the season. Brown didn't return their calls or texts, nor did he send over his medical records, which they requested.
A doctor appointed by the team must perform a physical for a player to be placed on injured reserve. The players' union encourages players to get a second opinion.
They never received a request for medical records.
Show me a request for medical records. The team called Wednesday and asked for a response, but we never got one, according to Burstyn. Did not tell us what the call was about. It was said to call back at our most convenient time. We had an internal team discussion on options before calling back. They went ahead and fired the most drastic action at noon.
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