Bad tongues tell us that American sport is boring until its Playoffs arrive. That before the fight for the title there are only highlights, show facing the gallery and little sport. Pretty debatable arguments.

The NFL has experienced one of the busiest summer finals that are remembered. First by the withdrawal of Andrew Luck , one of the most important quarterbacks of recent years. The Indianapolis Colts star decided to hang up the boots without even turning 30. He did it a few days after the start of the season, with a press conference by surprise, with the fans booing his departure and with the aching body after years, years and years of injuries. The NFL imploded . And it wouldn't be the last time.

This Saturday afternoon, noon on the other side of the pond, the Oakland Raiders announced their decision to expel Antonio Brown from the team , the great signing of his summer, one of the best receivers of the competition and one of the stars of the league . The reason? Long, very long. Let's go there.

The story of current Antonio Brown begins in Pittsburgh last winter. The receiver refused to play on day 17 of the Steelers and requested a transfer that arrived weeks later. The Oakland Raiders wanted to accompany their star quarterback , Derek Carr, an important partner, so they sent a third and fifth round of the draft to Pittsburgh in exchange for Brown, who signed a three-year , $ 50 million contract , 30 of them guaranteed, an important detail in the NFL. Oakland agreed to pay him, yes or yes, those 30 'kilos'.

Already in summer, the player had to see his preseason training limited by some foot problems caused by a cryotherapy machine that he used while on vacation in Paris. Here begins the soap opera.

A month ago, Brown complained to the NFL that he was not letting him wear the helmet he was wearing throughout his career. The league, which in recent years has raised its interest and its rules to protect the heads of players, banned that model to improve safety. Antonio did not like this. According to him, he was " an enemy of the state ." He still didn't train with the Raiders.

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The team fined him $ 54,000 for his absences, and Antonio did not like this either. He opened his Instagram and posted "when your own team wants to hate but they can't stop me."

From there, his fight came with Mike Mayock, General Manager of the team , and that "I'm going to break your face" that resonated throughout the internet. His representative tried to ease things and Jon Gruden, coach of Oakland, said he was going to play the first game of the regular league, which is played tomorrow.

All calm ... Or not.

On Friday night, Brown posted on Instagram and YouTube a video showing a private conversation with, supposedly, Gruden, the coach: "Please stop this and just play football," the coach asks. "I am more than a soccer player. This is my life. There are no more games," replies the receiver.

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Again, calm. Or not.

Brown, again on Instagram, came back to ask the Raiders to release his contract ...

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And as after the fine the guaranteed salary had been canceled ... The release and the end of this unusual, absurd and amazing soap opera arrived.

The only reality is that one of the five best NFL receivers is free, without a team , the same weekend in which the competition begins. Hi Patriots (?).

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