Trade/Cut/Restructure week

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(03-08-2023, 04:31 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Mixon - restructure or cut
Boyd - Restructure or cut

(03-08-2023, 07:26 PM)samhain Wrote: No way I restructure Boyd.

(03-09-2023, 11:23 AM)Housh Wrote: Why would he restructure when he’s playing so well?


To me Mixon is the only restructure candidate

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Restructure =/= Pay Cut


Restructure is when a guy turns base salary into a signing bonus in order to help the team move cap hits around. 

Say a player is making $10m base salary in 2023 and 2024. You restructure $5m of their $10m base salary in 2023 into a signing bonus, allowing you to prorate that new $5m signing bonus. Now the player had $5m base salary and $2.5m signing bonus prorate in 2023 ($7.5m cap hit) and $5m base salary and $2.5m signing bonus prorate in 2024 ($12.5m cap hit). Same total cap hit between the two years, and they get the same money (some of it actually comes up front rather than waiting for it in weekly pay checks). 

You aren't increasing pay, or reducing pay, you are simply restructuring how they are receiving it for cap account purposes.