News flash: mediocre players who cause trouble/drama/unwanted attention usually don’t have much of a future.
Didn’t we go through this, not long ago, with an NBA player that languished on the “practice crew” and was growing “long-in-the-tooth?
I got a medocre performance review last year...maybe I need to start hitting on the guys around the office?
In the era of the salary cap, only the true stars have longevity.
Average players like Kluwe move up the salary schedule over the years and become too expensive relative to the value they can provide.