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Originally Posted by KJ3
so they cut a guy with 3 years left, 5 mil a year. they owe him 15 mil. k, so the june 1st cut means they only have to pay him 5 for the current year and then 10 the next instead of just laying the money down in full right as soon as he's cut? is that right?
how does this help?
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Unless the 5 mill a year is guaranteed they don't owe him anything, but there still some money charged to the salary cap from his bonus that has already been paid..
Dead money only pertains to the salary cap number, not what the player is actually being paid. When a player get a 15 million dollar bonus he gets the money right then, but as far as the salary cap is concerned the 15 million is spread across the life of the contract.
Dead money is basically money that has already been paid to the player, but still counts against the cap even if he is no longer on the team. Cap dollars and real money paid to the player are 2 different things.
I have no idea if that answers your question, or even makes sense. I'm not sure why I'm even trying when the expert Keith will do it better anyway.