The End of Bates?

[fredtoast]

(03-07-2022, 10:54 AM)Au165 Wrote: Just an FYI, I doubt the reported top line number is correct but rather the structure is the sticking point.

This.

NFL is much different from MLB and NBA.  The amount of guaranteed money is often way more important than total contract value.

There have been cases in the past where an agent would get some ridiculous contract for a player when everyone involved knew the player would never collect all the money.  The player just wanted to be able to say that he had the biggest contract.