Saint Spud
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Two voidable years. Gives us a lot more flexibility.
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The dead money from previous years is additional to that right ? (19 mil)
How long before the NFL closes the loophole of voidable years?
How long before the NFL closes the loophole of voidable years?
They just signed a new CBA, so I'd expect not until that expires.
It is a loophole, but the team does pay the money, and it does hit against the cap eventually, so it isn't a huge loophole.
Also, the team could just do the same thing by making the years non-voidable but making the base salaries so high that the team would be forced to cut him anyway. Voidable years is just a cleaner way of doing that.
Roster bonuses basically say, "if you are still on the team when the new league year begins (typically in early March each year), we will pay you a bonus of X dollars." Unlike signing bonuses, roster bonuses are accounted for in their entirety in the year which they are paid.
Typically, roster bonuses are given to players who meet any of these conditions: a history of injury, unproven players and players with dramatic increases in base salary from one year to another. This allows a team to cut ties with a player for these reasons and avoid having to account for their salaries, while giving the player a moderately binding promise of a lump-sum payout at the beginning of a league year.