Javon Walker: I offered to give the Raiders their money back

2010-04-02T08:54:00.000-07:00

Javon Walker signed a huge six year $55 million with the Raiders. Then the Raiders never heard from him, he never did his part! According to an interview with TheFootBallGirl.com Walker offered the Raiders a refund.

Quote Javon:

"Everybody knows how Al Davis is. What people and fans don't realize is when I did sign that contract; I offered to give it back. So that's the thing people need to realize and need to hear is that I don't take money just to take it. [...] When I was in Oakland, I offered to give that money back, and they said 'no.' "

I believe that did happen. No NFL team wants to admit they have a bad player and that they made a huge mistake. By them accepting the money back they would have admitted that. What I don't understand is why they didn't because they aren't a very wealthy team and they probably could have used the extra cash to get some better players.

Javon, what went wrong in Oakland?

"It just wasn't the right situation for me. I'm thinking I'll be able to come in, play the game, help the organization win, but it's an organization that's going through some rebuilding and some trials and tribulations. When I was in Denver, I performed, When I was in Green Bay, I performed. So now that I'm in Oakland, I can't perform? Like all the sudden, my talents were just taken away from me? [...] I never really got an opportunity. I never got a fair chance. [...] I'm not the first athlete who went into Oakland, and all of the sudden, it looked like his talent had disappeared."

Javon Walker offers Refund

Javon Walker: I offered to give the Raiders their money back