Raiders Want Their Money Back and Phillies in Trouble?

Though JeMarcus Russell has been released from the Oakland Raiders, their post-breakup fight has yet to be resolved. The Raiders have filed a grievance against Russell seeking $9.55 million from the flop QB. The Raiders claim this was an advance payment to Russell for the 2010-2012 seasons. If you had a QB as bad as him, wouldn't you want your money back? Which is why I think he should keep the money. Why are giving this guy advances in the first place? Sure, it might be in the contract but if the Raiders manage to get their money back, they should give part of that to the Raiders Nation as they got ripped off as well.

In baseball, the Phillies seem to be in trouble. Known as a powerhouse of an offense with Ryan Howard and Chase Utley, they were humiliated by the Mets as they were swept in a three game series in New York. The embarrassing part was that they didn't score a run the entire series. How do you get shut out for an entire series and against the Mets? Sure it was on the road but the Mets? Luckily the Phillies still have a 1.5 game advantage in the NL East but every team in the division is within 3 games of the them. The NL East still has Philly as the favorite in the long run but they need to start putting up some runs if they want to remain that way.