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Originally Posted by Grim21Reaper
I believe the reason that the players do not mind these deals is what has been pointed out on many occasions, they recieve large signing bonuses. The guaranteed money is the key variable to every NFL contract and the skins are not afraid to give it out. An NFL player can go from all pro to afterthought on every snap of the ball and the guaranteed dollars are the only thing that they can hang their hat on. Couple that with the fact that if they produce they will be treated like rock stars by the fans.
As a follow up, they don't mind restructuring because they receive more guaranteed dollars and they get accolades for helping the team.
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good post, I was looking for someone to mention the signing bonus/restructure strategy, which king didn't elaborate much on. As I understand it, "restructuring" actually seems to benefit the players as much if not more so than the org. It turns base salary $ into guaranteed $.
But there's a reason we can do that; Synder has the $ to pay the bonuses if need be, whereas if say Arizona were to use our strategy they wouldn't have or want to spend the $ to convert base salary to signing bonuses. I'd say the Skins strategy is a combination of creative cap structuring & big $.