Originally Posted by GoChiefs

They get paid by the week during the season I believe. It is not always evened out. A player might get a few hundred thousand one year and a few million the next year.

A player will get cut because he is making too much money one season compared to the year before - unless he is worth that money. Kendrell Bell was asked to restructure his contract this year or the year before because he's basically a waste of skin.

He was also denied a $10 million roster bonus (money awarded for being on the roster at a certain date), because he sucked ass basically. That's just one of many incentives that might be built into a contract. The Chiefs may have put incentives in Trent Green's contract like "throw X number of touchdown passes and get paid this much."

Originally Posted by SPchief

Basic example, a team signs someone to a 5 year deal worth 30 million. In year one they make 2 million, year two 3 million, year three 5 million, year four 8 million, and year five 12 million. Teams backload the contract to make it seem that the players are making more.

Originally Posted by luv

how can you make more one year from the next if you're doing less?

Originally Posted by luv

SO, if these guys are not producing, why are they still on the payroll? Why not cut them? Do we eat that money if we do?

Originally Posted by GoChiefs

Bingo. Their signing bonus for the remaining years on their contract would accelerate, and they would could for several millions of dollars against the salary cap all at once. So we can't cut them.

That is where the Chiefs are with Holmes. They can pay out his bonus for a few more years, or cut him and pay it all at once. If he retires, he doesn't get that money, so he's not going to retire.

Originally Posted by luv

So we're paying him a bonus PLUS his salary?

Originally Posted by GoChiefs

I'm not sure.




Probably, but it would probably count against the cap too much this year. The Chiefs just have to take it. They are in a pretty good cap situation right now as it is, so they're not too bad.

I think his contract is up in 2-3 seasons.

Originally Posted by luv

So what's the deal with Roaf then? I thought he retired.

Originally Posted by GoChiefs

Oh. I have no idea. The cap and the CBA (collective bargaining agreement) is way too complicated for the average fan to understand at it's most intimate of levels. I don't think I even want to know, anyway. Leave that crap to the GMs and agents. I prefer talking about football, not contracts.

Originally Posted by luv

Hey! Look! This thread seems to be helping more than just me. That makes me feel good.

Originally Posted by Katie

I think this is probably the single most helpful thread, I've ever seen on this board...I think more people needing football 101 should read.

Thanks, luv for getting this going!

Originally Posted by luv

So we're paying him a bonus PLUS his salary? If we cut him, we pay just his bonus. Hurts us now, but wouldn't it help later? How much longer before his contract is up?