WHAT IF? Jimmy Graham gets WR Designatin?

Danno · 03-19-2014, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by TheOak

No sir, on all accounts.

Guaranteed money/Signing bonus is not split between terms, can't be bartered away, there are no deals, never was. The source is quoted here in these forums no less than a dozen times.

Signing bonus and guaranteed money are owned and paid by the home team, no way around it, can't be traded or agreed to away.

No way around the dead money hit.

There was no split of Meachems contract, the Chargers released him and had to eat $6.85m of dead money, once released that contract was history. Saints deal was a new deal and had nothing to do with the cancelled Chargers contract.

Trade - split difference in contract value EXCEPT guaranteed and signing bonus they are dead money.

Cut/Releases - contract over, no difference to pick up or split, home team eats dead money for guaranteed/signing bonus (Meachem).

The only way around that (and its not really going around it) is for the other team to compensate for the home teams dead money hit by offering a draft pick(s).

The new team doesn't have to pay the dead money, but gives up draft picks
The old team eats the dead money, but gets a pick or two to compensate.

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03-19-2014, 08:49 AM	#37
Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,758	Re: WHAT IF? Jimmy Graham gets WR Designatin? Originally Posted by TheOak No sir, on all accounts. Guaranteed money/Signing bonus is not split between terms, can't be bartered away, there are no deals, never was. The source is quoted here in these forums no less than a dozen times. Signing bonus and guaranteed money are owned and paid by the home team, no way around it, can't be traded or agreed to away. No way around the dead money hit. There was no split of Meachems contract, the Chargers released him and had to eat $6.85m of dead money, once released that contract was history. Saints deal was a new deal and had nothing to do with the cancelled Chargers contract. Trade - split difference in contract value EXCEPT guaranteed and signing bonus they are dead money. Cut/Releases - contract over, no difference to pick up or split, home team eats dead money for guaranteed/signing bonus (Meachem). The only way around that (and its not really going around it) is for the other team to compensate for the home teams dead money hit by offering a draft pick(s). The new team doesn't have to pay the dead money, but gives up draft picks The old team eats the dead money, but gets a pick or two to compensate.

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