NFL community reacts to Kyler Murray's 'Independent Study' contract clause with Cardinals
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Some more details of Kyler Murray's contract with the Arizona Cardinals have been released and one definitely caught the eyes of the NFL community on Monday.
The quarterback has a clause requiring him to spend at least four hours per week in "Independent Study" preparing for games on his own.
Contracts are about give-and-take. One example from #AZCardinals QB Kyler Murray’s $230.5M contract: There is an addendum that requires 4 hours of “independent study” per game week. It was important to the team making a commitment at that level, thus it was important to Murray. pic.twitter.com/VqrkvoBQLJ
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 25, 2022
From Inside Training Camp: A discussion of a fascinating clause in #AZCardinals QB Kyler Murray's newly signed contract. pic.twitter.com/VxsoLNldJE
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 25, 2022
Interestingly, the contract detailed that time spent on the TV, playing video games or using the internet did not count toward his four-hour requirement of "Independent Study."
Naturally, social media had thoughts, with the NFL community reacting to the unique clause in Murray's contract, with some wondering why the Cardinals would include the clause, even if it were needed.
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Reaction to Kyler Murray's contract clause with Arizona Cardinals:
Deshaun Watson got a contract that has guarantees that stay in place if the NFL suspends him. Kyler Murray has to go to study hall to ensure he doesn't lose his.
— Jason_OTC (@Jason_OTC) July 25, 2022
Never seen this in 30 years of looking at NFL contracts.
Strange they’ll give him $46 million a year (on extension years) yet worry about 4 hours a week of studying. https://t.co/Crxc3jaJrM— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) July 25, 2022
Well, this is...unusual. No TV, video games, etc. while engaged in "independent study", the contract reads. That the team wanted that in writing is eyebrow-raising. https://t.co/ArdczJNqk3
— Judy Battista (@judybattista) July 25, 2022
In a 2021 interview with the New York Times, Kyler Murray said: "I’m not one of those guys that’s going to sit there and kill myself watching film."
2022 Kyler Murray is about to sit there and watch film: https://t.co/M2bPBhKHB8— Sarah Kezele (@SarahKezele) July 25, 2022
The Kyler Murray homework clause is a colossal blunder by the Cardinals. It makes him look bad for not studying enough, and it makes them look worse for giving him all that money even though he wasn't studying enough.
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) July 25, 2022
His agents can spin it whatever way they’d like (like telling Rap “contracts are about give and take”) but have other franchise QBs needed this clause? Ever? https://t.co/cPbrLUkBI3
— Vanessa Richardson (@SportsVanessa) July 25, 2022
“Kyler must eat his vegetables before dessert” clause kicks in during the 2024 season https://t.co/PTv0NsXLdZ
— Tyler Conway (@jtylerconway) July 25, 2022
NFL sponsor Microsoft on seeing that the Kyler Murray homework clause mentions "iPad" multiple times: pic.twitter.com/TSQnHZeSap
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) July 25, 2022
This clause of Kyler Murray’s contract is cracking me up because it reads like my parents hired a lawyer to get me to do my homework in middle school pic.twitter.com/Yyvuoio1Cj
— Charlotte Wilder (@TheWilderThings) July 25, 2022
Me as a kid Kyler Murray
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No video games until we’re done our homework https://t.co/TPXirzNeNJ— Daniel Valente (@StatsGuyDaniel) July 25, 2022
If you have to include a clause like this in a player's contract, maybe he's not a player you should give $160M guaranteed to? https://t.co/IBRxKGP5eM
— Carrington Harrison (@cdotharrison) July 25, 2022
Tell me you just extended a QB with professionalism/leadership problems without telling me https://t.co/kCNCOVLQrh
— Harrison Sanford (@HarrisonSanford) July 25, 2022
The negative impact on the public perception of Kyler Murray as a result of inserting this clause is much more harmful than whatever benefits the Cardinals will ever get from it. https://t.co/tN7yweG08U
— Ross Tucker (@RossTuckerNFL) July 25, 2022
I cannot believe they basically had to put "you can't play video games while we are studying film" into one of the richest contracts in sports history https://t.co/0zdhNoidKS
— Chris Hassel (@Hassel_Chris) July 25, 2022
$230.5 million as long as you do homework https://t.co/xWwDz17ApO
— Brian Floyd (@BrianMFloyd) July 25, 2022
If this isn’t telling, I don’t know what is.
A team is making its star QB study on his own for 4 hours a week, will give him “credit” for it and said it can’t be done while he’s watching TV or playing video games. https://t.co/gZMVvVzt2D— Josh Weinfuss (@joshweinfuss) July 25, 2022
If you have to babysit your Franchise QB, then he isn't a Franchise QB.
"Not allowed watching television, playing video games or browsing the internet."
Sounds like he wasn't watching film on his own and when he was well...
Hope they give Kyler Murray blank tapes https://t.co/rNahL05oa8— Raiders Report Mitchell Renz (@MitchellRenz365) July 25, 2022
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