Despite no longer being a member of the team, Plaxico Burress still has a one million dollar check signed by the Giants coming to him after a ruling today. The NFL's special master ruled that the Giants will have to pay the final million of Plax's $4.25 million signing bonus that the team tried to withhold in December, two weeks after his shooting incident that caused the team to suspend him for the rest of last season. Union lawyers for Burress argued last week that the shooting did not constitute a "willful" attempt to default on his contract. The Giants now have to undergo another arbitration case over whether their four-game suspension was "excessive" in an attempt by Burress to recoup the salary he lost as a result. The NFL thinks today's decision illustrates "a serious flaw in the current system" and said, "When clubs pay upfront bonuses as part of a long-term deal, they do it on the assumption that the player’s ability to play will not be limited by his own unlawful activities.”