How do extensions work?

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(02-01-2023, 04:56 PM)Synric Wrote: You are absolutely correct the salary cap is easily manipulated and you didn't even mention a void year you can add onto the back of some not all contracts to spread out the cap hits a slightly bit more. Thry can also do things that fans would hate like roll over 8mil this year and double that with 8 mil in 2024 to make the first big hit year of Burrows contract to be jsut a slight bit smaller part of the cap.


Although you forgot to mention the one detail that makes it difficult to front load all these huge contracts "The Guaranteed Money." What do you say the over under on 350mil of just guaranteed money the next two offseasons without extending Higgins? All that has to be liquid in escrow and that's alot.

I did include the guarantee. Yes, anything guaranteed has to go into escrow which is another wrinkle in this complex way to "kick the can down the road" or assist in managing the cap.

Caesar mentioned using a roster bonus also which excludes the escrow criteria.

I just look at contracts other teams had issued, yes nothing is easy, but it is doable. Of course, the Brown family does not have the cash resources of the Hunt family for escrow, so yes that is an issue.