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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 490653"><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000">Here's a report on the terms of Brady's deal:</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://bostonherald.com/sports/patriots_nfl/the_blitz/2013/02/breaking_down_tom_bradys_contract" target="_blank">http://bostonherald.com/sports/patriots_nfl/the_blitz/2013/02/breaking_down_tom_bradys_contract</a></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000">sportrac has the same $ figures, but with an additional $7.2 mil in undefined bonuses in the first 2 years.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000">He's getting a fresh new signing bonus of $30 mil, of particular value for any player, particularly a guy his age. If sportrac's bonus values are correct, Brady will take down $40 mil in cash money in the first 2 years of the deal. It's a discount only in the sense that Brees' cash take home in the first 2 years of his deal is $50 mil, but NO was looking at a 3rd. time franchise tag (tag amount + 40%) with a bump to about $22 mil cash and cap hit in 2012. Brees had them over a barrel.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000">It is a misconception that players are necessarily giving discounts if the renegotiation is "cap friendly" as in the Favre or Brees or Brady cases; to be cap friendly there must be a big signing bonus, as in these cases, which allows the team to defer the cap hit.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000">Getting a big fat *** of cash up front, guaranteed, has great value to individuals in a high risk occupation; it's a trade not a discount. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 490653"] [COLOR=#000000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Here's a report on the terms of Brady's deal:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][url]http://bostonherald.com/sports/patriots_nfl/the_blitz/2013/02/breaking_down_tom_bradys_contract[/url][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]sportrac has the same $ figures, but with an additional $7.2 mil in undefined bonuses in the first 2 years.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]He's getting a fresh new signing bonus of $30 mil, of particular value for any player, particularly a guy his age. If sportrac's bonus values are correct, Brady will take down $40 mil in cash money in the first 2 years of the deal. It's a discount only in the sense that Brees' cash take home in the first 2 years of his deal is $50 mil, but NO was looking at a 3rd. time franchise tag (tag amount + 40%) with a bump to about $22 mil cash and cap hit in 2012. Brees had them over a barrel.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]It is a misconception that players are necessarily giving discounts if the renegotiation is "cap friendly" as in the Favre or Brees or Brady cases; to be cap friendly there must be a big signing bonus, as in these cases, which allows the team to defer the cap hit.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Getting a big fat *** of cash up front, guaranteed, has great value to individuals in a high risk occupation; it's a trade not a discount. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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