On Sunday night, Calvin Johnson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, nine impressive seasons in the NFL, from 2007-2015. During his career, Johnson spent every season with the Lions, as he never reached the playoffs with them.
Johnson retired from the NFL in 2016, as this threw the Lions off guard. The relationship hasn’t been good at all from both sides since then, as Detroit wanted a portion of Johnson’s $1.6 million signing bonus back. This was due to his sudden retirement.
The Lions have since been trying to fix the damaged relationship with the HOFer. Johnson has since not wanted any involvement with them, until the Lions give him back all of his money.
According to the Detroit Free Press though, the Lions have been proposing to Johnson that would make both sides cool with each other again. Johnson has since said that they didn’t pay the amount that he wanted back, and they aren’t serious at all.
This proposal is a three-year agreement that would pay Johnson $500,000 annually for appearance fees and a one-time payment of $100,000 to the Calvin Johnson Jr. Foundation. This would include Johnson working for this money, which is putting in 28 hours of service to Lions events throughout the year, such as five hours at a game, to induct his No. 81 at the Pride of The Lions.
Johnson would also need to appear at Lions training camp and sponsored events. The Lions also surprisingly fired the employee who revealed the documents that contained info about this proposal. This person is also supposedly very close to Johnson.
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