GREEN BAY, Wis. – Ricky Jean Francois had 1.25 million reasons – and 25 Dunkin’ Donuts stores – to walk away from the NFL after the Green Bay Packers cut him last week.
He could collect the balance of his $1.25 million salary by filing for termination pay – the one-time clause that allows veterans who are on a roster Week 1 and then released to collect their full base salary – and also watch the money come in from the donut shops he owns in South Carolina and Georgia.
But that didn’t interest him.
“Nah, I was never thinking that,” he said.