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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by TheOak No, retirement is treated the same way as cut. BUT We are looking at Drew's contract as a finite document. That contract can be restructured in the off season and look completely different for his retirement. ...

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Old 01-12-2021, 08:26 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by TheOak View Post
No, retirement is treated the same way as cut.

BUT

We are looking at Drew's contract as a finite document. That contract can be restructured in the off season and look completely different for his retirement. Both Loomis and Drew knew what they were getting into with that contract and it is written to allow Drew to decide his own destiny. If they both agree they can change it at will as long as the bonus/guaranteed portion is satisfied against the cap.

A restructured contract could be 1 year for league minimum and all the rest converted to NLTBE bonus which doesn't hit the cap.

NLTBE (Not Likely To Be Earned) Pay him his $1.3M league minimum salary, put the remaining into a $22M 4,000 yard passing bonus which wont count against the cap for 2021 as he didn't throw for 4000 in 2020.

Drew retires and we eat league minimum.
The issue would be getting the league to approve. Contracts dealing with cap avoidance have been shot down recently. I know of two sign and trade type deals that were denied for those reasons in the past year or so.

Looking a little further I am not sure guarantees can even be converted to NLTBE as it is an incentive rather than a bonus.

"NFL contracts can have incentives that can give the player money if the player hits certain thresholds set in the contract. There are two types of incentives: Likely to be earned (LTBE) and Not likely to be earned (NLTBE). Incentives are classified as LTBE or NLTBE based on what the player did in the previous season in relation to the incentive. If a player would have earned the incentive in the previous year, the incentive is considered LTBE and the opposite is true for NLTBE. LTBE incentives count against the current year’s cap space for the team while NLTBE incentives are charged against the following year’s cap space. Some examples of incentives would be making the Pro Bowl, catching a certain amount of receptions, or based on playing time."

According to this it appears that even if allowed somehow the amount would still hit the cap the following year with NLTBE.

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