Deebo Samuel 3 year extension

[SunsetBengal]

(08-02-2022, 09:46 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: Yes, they are held to that money. It is why players want guaranteed money so badly. If they get hurt and can't play, they are still owed that money. 

I completely understand why players want guaranteed contracts, I'm just saying that it seems to be a huge risk for teams to possibly have 20% of their salary allotment tied up in a single player, who may not be able to perform as expected, for several years.  It's almost taking things backward, to the days before the rookie contract wage scale days, when teams would get stuck paying huge amounts to players that sometimes had crippling injuries or were flat out busts.