Nfl rule expire?

[MHS831]

So if a player has incentives in his contract, do you have to assume he'll hit all of them when it comes to figuring your cap hit for that player?

Example: say SF gives Kaeperdick a $12MM base salary, with another $1MM if he makes pro bowl, $4MM for Super Bowl win and another $3MM if he is named league MVP. Now any sane person knows that those things will never happen in a year, but does SF have to count him as a $12MM hit or a $20MM hit when they are figuring out cap numbers?

Because they wouldn't really know those figures until the season is over?

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Great question--I have always wondered myself.  Assumed it was carried over to the following year.

 

[jdpanther5]

So if a player has incentives in his contract, do you have to assume he'll hit all of them when it comes to figuring your cap hit for that player?

Example: say SF gives Kaeperdick a $12MM base salary, with another $1MM if he makes pro bowl, $4MM for Super Bowl win and another $3MM if he is named league MVP. Now any sane person knows that those things will never happen in a year, but does SF have to count him as a $12MM hit or a $20MM hit when they are figuring out cap numbers?

Because they wouldn't really know those figures until the season is over?

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An arbitrator determines whether individual bonuses are "likely" or "not likely" to be earned. Only what is considered as likely is included in the year's cap, so in your Kaepernick example none of it would be considered likely so the cap hit would be $12m.

However, let's assume you said Peyton instead of Kaep: Manning would also count for another $1m since the Pro Bowl would be "likely" for him, but not Kaep. So the same contract can have a separate hit, depending on the player.

Now, should a player achieve a goal that was considered "unlikely," it gets added to the following year's cap. So if Manning wins the Super Bowl, the $4m bonus you described hits the cap in 2015.

[2jakefansinva]

Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl.............so I wouldn't consider ANY incentive "unlikely"