Taking less money

[Mr. Scot]

Don't want to sign big and then get cut the following year like might happen to Bowe.

 

That happens a lot.

[KendrickPanther]

Between avoiding California taxes, playing in a system that features you, playing with a QB that can get you into the hall. Yeah I would in Cobb's situation. Now if you are worried about money because you don't have any then I would take as much as I could possibly get. But Cobb was choosing between 12 million annually and 10m. Either way he was going to get a nice payday that he can save and grow.

[KendrickPanther]

Let's not forget housing costs in California can be insane.

[Kakarot]

I'd walk away from the extra money if I didn't like the climate of the particular NFL team location, or if my family wasn't nearby. I don't do cold weather, and my family is important to me. After all that, then the money would be a factor.

I don't blame Randall Cobb for staying. He's gotten accustomed to things up there. I don't blame the guys who are only concerned about the money, either. NFL contracts aren't fully guaranteed, and these teams are cutthroat and will cut you in a heartbeat.

[jdpanther5]

Athletes are taxed at a rate weighted by the different markets they earn in. For instance an NBA player is not only taxed for 41 games at home, but the other 41 games are weighed against the tax rates of the 29 other regions they play in each year.

The most notorious was the recently repealed Tennessee "Jock Tax," which taxed visiting athletes a flat fee of $2,500 regardless of if they're LeBron James or Jeff Taylor (if you don't know the name, then point proven).

Oddly enough this tax only applied to NBA and NHL players, it's just an example though.