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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO
but you are saying the bonus is spread out over more years because its an extension.
im not sure that true, he's still getting paid 1.5 million base this season by the looks of things
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The bonus will be spread over all years of the current contract, which includes the final year of his old contract.
So instead of having a, let's say, $1 million cap hit for 2015, a 1/5th portion of his signing bonus will accelerate and hit the cap this year alleviating some of the cap hit from later years.
When you're talking about divvying up a $31 million signing bonus over five or six years as opposed to four, the difference can wind up being pretty significant.