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Originally Posted by ThyKingdomCome15
You guys see Watson's base salary in 2022 is $1 million? So any suspension the league imposes will not affect his fully guaranteed mega deal. Lol, that's flat out dirty. I do have to tip my hat to the cleverness of that deal though. Watson has a great agent representing him.
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That’s how most smart teams operate.
Minimize the initial cap hit to try to have at least a resemblance of flexibility. Signing bonus in lieu of base salary in year one is very common. We do it in every contract.