definition of "Guaranteed Money?"

[jfkbengals]

(03-20-2022, 01:04 PM)kalibengal Wrote: I read on another forum that the guaranteed $ in these FA contracts is "DUE IN A LUMP SUM AT SIGNING"?  I was unaware of that and if true if puts small time owners like Brown at a disadvantage and unfair for negotiations when you have billionaires out there like Rams owner that can just write that check to Stafford for 135M after he finishes his turkey sandwhich on his Yacht . Something feels wrong about that.
Hearing that with Collins the "structure" wasnt what he wanted makes me wonder if the guaranteed $ was the sticking point?

Guranteed at Signing and Due at Signing are not synonymous.

And I highly doubt what you read from the other forum.

Were it true, a player who signs such a contract will never be paid a dime after signing day.  Fines and suspensions would cause money to be repaid out of pocket, etc.  That's not how it works.

Now the Signing bonus IS generally due in full at signing, with league rules permitting the cap hit to be spread out over the life of the contract.