02-27-2023, 11:09 AM
(02-22-2023, 09:49 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: It's basically a matter of spending cash now to save cap later that year. You'll probably have to pay for it for a year or two cap-wise, years down the line, but you can kick that can for awhile so long as you don't mind spending more cash now.
For instance, the Browns could turn $20m of Watson's $46m base salary into a signing bonus and then
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The main downside of it (and why you don't see the Bengals doing it much, besides it requiring a competent and creative FO) is you're giving the player a large chunk of money right then and there.
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If you're shorter on liquid cash, it can be a problem if your an owner whose main/only source of income is their team. It's also the owner losing the opportunity to make profit/interest off of their $20m for the 7 months or whatnot before they'd have to start paying it out in game checks.
And thus an advantage for rich owners, like the Haslems, who have so many billions to burn that they just purchased the Milwaukee Bucks for 3.5 billion. They have quite the advantage in terms of giving guaranteed money and signing bonuses.
