Tarell Brown - Details in the contract...

What we learned from Mr. Brown was that by not establishing a clear schedule of expectations we can forego a valuable benefit.  In Mr. Brown's story it was the $2 million escalator in his contract after he chose not to participate in the team's voluntary offseason program.

Mr. Brown fired his agent for this mistake but was it the player's responsibility to know and to ask what requirements are there?  Maybe.  His agent is out of commission for the $2 million which is at most 3% or $60 thousand while Mr. Brown is out the full $2 million.

Additional details about this case can bee gleaned from the ESPN.com article from July 2013 "Tarell Brown loses $2M, fires agent"

In my opinion, it would help if Mr. Brown had his contract reviewed by a third party, such as another attorney or an auditor who would pull off required tasks and deadlines and put them on a schedule for Mr. Brown's personal assistant to track, or into a calendar program on a smart phone with reminders.  That's how I remember what to do and when to do it.