RiverDog wrote:And if he's willing to take a pay cut.
c_hawkbob wrote:His salary for this year just became fully guaranteed, there is no 'pay cut' that figures into it is there?
Aseahawkfan wrote:And our team remains in limbo at Strong Safety because Pete and/or John can't make the hard decisions to stay competitive.
mykc14 wrote:Whatt exactly is the hard decision they can’t make in this case?
Aseahawkfan wrote:
Cutting Kam before his salary was guaranteed to move on from a strong safety past his prime and unable to stay healthy and play at a high level.
mykc14 wrote:The(y) can't cut him during the same league year an injury took place until he passes a physical in that league year. Basically, unless he passed a physical before March the Hawks couldn't cut him per league rules. By that time his guarantees already have kicked in so there was literally nothing the Hawks could do. Furthermore cutting him after March is very difficult as well. Cutting him will cost the team 14 mil in dead money. If he is on the roster he only costs the Hawks 9 mil. The only thing the Hawks have done wrong in this is the language in his salary that allowed the contract to be guaranteed before March, but that is written in a lot of contracts. It was just unfortunate that he may have sustained a career ending injury 1 year into this extension.
Largent80 wrote:Good on the Hawks for giving Kam money whether he plays or not.
RiverDog wrote:
Nice post, mykc. Thanks for explaining the details in his contract. I obviously don't follow that stuff as closely as you do.
mykc14 wrote:The can't cut him during the same league year an injury took place until he passes a physical in that league year. Basically, unless he passed a physical before March the Hawks couldn't cut him per league rules. By that time his guarantees already have kicked in so there was literally nothing the Hawks could do. Furthermore cutting him after March is very difficult as well. Cutting him will cost the team 14 mil in dead money. If he is on the roster he only costs the Hawks 9 mil. The only thing the Hawks have done wrong in this is the language in his salary that allowed the contract to be guaranteed before March, but that is written in a lot of contracts. It was just unfortunate that he may have sustained a career ending injury 1 year into this extension.
Aseahawkfan wrote:
Well, that makes more sense as to why they're doing what they're doing. What happens to the money if he isn't medically cleared to play? Can't they negotiate a pay out as they' done in the past and cut the player? Or does seniority affect that as well? Reality is even if Kam comes back from the injury, he's lost more than a step and isn't reliable at his position any longer. How does Belichick keep cutting and replenishing his team? Is he just that much smarter when it comes to contracts as well?
mykc14 wrote:Yeah they can cut him when the new league year starts. They can also negotiate some sort of buy out, but Chancellor has no reason to go down that path because his contract is already fully guaranteed. At this point there is nothing the Hawks can realistically do if they want to get rid of him unless he passes a physical and they trade him (although I would argue that isn’t very realistic as nobody is going to want to take on that contract unless the Hawks send a draft pick too).
Aseahawkfan wrote:
I guess you just confirmed Belichick is that much smarter about contracts as well. I don't here him ending up stuck with overpaid players. He would have cut bait with Kam a year or two ago seeing the writing on the wall and ended up with more picks to replenish the team.
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