he's already losing out on 25% of his season salary. So it will already be a significant hit on his wallet. I doubt they cut him as long as he doesn't get suspended again though. He had a good year last year and will likely only improve. Once he gets back on the field of course
Oh yeah that's true, but he could lose up to 10 million now or something like that. But again if they cut him before the 2014 season it could be something like 6-7 million.
Any player can be cut and lose their salary, but the signing bonus still counts against the cap.
So this clause must be one where he has to send back his signing bonus and lose his salary. Plus if there isn't a restriction on having dead cap space, it makes it far more easy to cut a player. You've seen where players are kept...cough... Kolb...because even though they suck for one reason or another the team doesn't want to take the hit. They tend to give the person an extra year to see if something can be salvaged.
This is why Palmer didn't want to accept the 0 guarantee restructure. It would have meant he'd already have one foot out the door. At anytime he could of been cut for the remainder of the contract. Oh they got Tyler Wilson in the draft...boom he could have been cut. Or next year. Or during the season.
Which means if Blackmon struggles in 2013, perhaps even 2014, it would be easier for him to be cut...just on performance reasons and instead of raking in a 2014 salary, he might have to give back part of the bonus and lose the 2014 salary. It makes it more likely. Whether it is or isn't who knows. But it removes restrictions and would make HIM the easiest player to cut on the roster to free up space for the next three seasons. For whatever reason. Granted it's unlikely for a rookie with his promise to be cut like this so soon, the next time it's his butt.
It means one more slip up (I think it's one more) he's out for a full season, and in that case, they could cut him right there rather than pay him the remaining say 2 seasons (assuming the suspension wouldn't go into effect until 2014) for playing only one.
What's worse is under such a scenario, wherever he signed, he'd have to sit out a season since being unsigned doesn't count as serving a suspension. You have to be on someone's roster...making it that much harder to get a contract, and thus the money involved. (but this last point can happen with anyone).
So yeah he could lose his signing bonus, all his future salary, and be the easiest person to cut for the next three seasons beyond just the initial 4 game check he lost. Whenever the team wants to and for whatever reason. He gave them that power. For more failed tests. For less production then desired. For even injury concerns that could arrise...i.e. he becomes a Beanie Wells. So basically what I'm saying is he took this 4 game check hit but might lose many multiples beyond that. So he might have already sealed his future in 2015 or something. Now will it happen to him? Who knows.
If you give the power he just gave to the Jaguars to 10 teams about a player each, odds are over those three seasons someone gets screwed. He now has opened that up as a possibility for himself.
