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[joeshmo]

This makes me side with Boldin more, he is way underpaid

You can have that opinion but to use that list would be careless. Fitz total amount includes his whole signing bonus from this season. Boldins only includes his base salary and small workout type bonuses.

Again this list tells you what a player is getting paid overall this season only. So if a player recieved a signing bonus this season of course it is going to highly skew the rankings compared to those that got a signing bonus in previous years when they would have been at the top of the list themselves.

 

[Cards Czar]

You can have that opinion but to use that list would be careless. Fitz total amount includes his whole signing bonus from this season. Boldins only includes his base salary and small workout type bonuses.

Again this list tells you what a player is getting paid overall this season only. So if a player recieved a signing bonus this season of course it is going to highly skew the rankings compared to those that got a signing bonus in previous years when they would have been at the top of the list themselves.

Joe you are correct. Boldin has a cap hit this year of $4,500,960.

 

[Shane]

Joe you are correct. Boldin has a cap hit this year of $4,500,960.

According to Joe's spreadsheet its $3,750,000

 

[Evil Ash]

wow, I didn't realize Kurt was making 8 per already. where the hell did I get the notion that he was only making 4 a year?

This list has it so players have already hit every incentive in their contract. Normally its misleading but Warner is likely to hit every incentive this year

 

[az1965]

Pretty simple reason for that as well. 53 man roster plus 8 PS players compared to the NBA which is what 12-13.

Also note that all of these amounts do not equal what each player counts towards the cap. It is just the total amount spent on players in a given year. Also note that incentives and bonuses are already included even though the season isnt over yet.

NBA also plays an excruciating 82 games 6 month season minus pre-season and playoffs.

 

[az1965]

That gets completey taken away though when you compare 16 games to 82 games of the NBA or over a 100 games in the MLB. Attendance totals are much higher overall for the MLB and NBA.



In the US that is without a doubt true. But outside of the US MLB and especially NBA makes way more money then the NFL. NFL still makes more money though. The percentage that NFL pays its players is at around 60% of total revenue, that is similar to that of MLB and NBA.

Yep... saw this after posted mine

 

[RolleRocks]

Laboys includes all of his signing bonus. 1st year players with new contracts and new signing bonuses will be highly skewed and to high on that list becuase of that fact.

What about DRC? His number seems light.

And Matty's number seems higher than anything I've read before.

 

[joeshmo]

What about DRC? His number seems light.

And Matty's number seems higher than anything I've read before.

Also note the signing bonuses can be deferred payments to the player if they except it, sort of like a payment plan. It could be the way their contract is structured as well. Some agents just wont allow their players to do it while others will. This is especially true for rookies who's contracts have to fit within a very limiting rookie cap.

Also DRC was selected outside of the top 10 of the draft. Only top 10 picks get huge deals they dont deserve at all. Outside of the top 10 rookies are fairly cheap to dirt cheap. DRC's contract if he reaches any and all bonuses and incentives is only worth 16 Mill. over 6 years.

 

[DoTheDew]

That gets completey taken away though when you compare 16 games to 82 games of the NBA or over a 100 games in the MLB. Attendance totals are much higher overall for the MLB and NBA.



In the US that is without a doubt true. But outside of the US MLB and especially NBA makes way more money then the NFL. NFL still makes more money though. The percentage that NFL pays its players is at around 60% of total revenue, that is similar to that of MLB and NBA.

http://www.askmen.com/sports/business_200/218_sports_business.html

FWIW