Shemar Stewart's Contract Dispute with Bengals
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The implementation of a rookie wage scale in 2011 has largely ended contract holdouts of draft picks, with a couple of exceptions.
Cincinnati Bengals rookie Shemar Stewart skipped the final day of the team’s mandatory minicamp practice as he remains in a contract dispute with the club.
Adam Schefter's view is that the Bengals have "no excuses'' for failing to sign Shemar Stewart, saying, "It should not be difficult to get a deal done with a rookie first-round draft pick.''
CINCINNATI -- Bengals rookie defensive end Shemar Stewart left Cincinnati's mandatory minicamp Thursday amid a contract dispute.