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Dianwei32 · 10-05-2009, 05:37 PM

Ok, I accidentally shot myself in the foot by resigning Shawne Merrimen to a huge contract (I moved him to DE where he's a 99 OVR) and now he's eating up a huge chunk of my salary cap and he's got a $32M signing bonus over 6 years.

A year later, he's eating up even more of my salary cap and I was hoping to find a way to trade him away because now I have 4-5 good young DEs and I wanted to use some of the other ones. However, if I do trade him it's going to incur a $26M cap penalty. I tried to change his position (should have done that the first time around), but even if I make him a Kicker and try and resign him he still gets a $32M signing bonus.

Is there any way I can lower his signing bonus, or eliminate cap penalties? I'll go search and see if there are ways to eliminate cap penalties since there have been a few topics on it.

sois · 10-05-2009, 05:39 PM

Nope. Bonus is stuck. Wait until there are 1 or 2 years left in the deal and dump him. Very realistic scenario.

Dianwei32 · 10-05-2009, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sois


	Nope. Bonus is stuck. Wait until there are 1 or 2 years left in the deal and dump him. Very realistic scenario.

dang... sadly there are currently 5 years left on the deal and I'm rapidly running out of cap room. Well, we'll see how things go. Luckily Luis Castillo ($11M in cap room) and several others who are each eating up $7-8M are on thier contract year this year. Hopefully I'll be able to replace some of them through the draft and release them.

OnlyShutdownCb21 · 10-05-2009, 05:59 PM

You can cheat your cap but thats about it. You won't be able to fix the Merrimen contract though. Next time you have to resign someone change their position to P and they will sign for cheap. I did that with Zach Miller and Thomas Howard because my Nnamdi, Seymour, Russell, DMc, Gallery contracts are huge and wouldn't let me resign my younger up and coming guys. Gonna have to dump Gallery and Russell soon because their numbers are huge.

SBAlki · 10-05-2009, 10:48 PM

Sometimes you can resign a guywith a huge contract, but no signing bonus. Just take the total amount all the way up, the reduce the salary cap. I have had some guys sign this way.

mikekim21 · 10-06-2009, 01:29 AM

When you try to play your first preseason game and your team is still over the cap with required spots to fill, it should ask you if you want to clear cap penalties.

ace0187420 · 10-06-2009, 07:29 AM

Hey at the end of the year after the superbowl release all of ur players with 0k as their bonous and that u don't want to free up cap space then resign merriman to a 1 year deal then when u advance to the offseason he will be a free agent and u can resign him or not that is up to u...

TeamBuilder · 10-06-2009, 08:25 AM

If you have enough cap space (and when i say enough it might mean about $30 million free) you can resign him to a 1 year deal at the end of the year. It will make his salary shoot up to an insane amount but once you advance into the off-season you can resign him with the contract you want.
If you aren't really sure what I'm talking about click the link in my signature that says "managing the salary cap" and it's explained pretty well there.

10-05-2009, 05:37 PM	#1
Dianwei32 Pro OVR: 12 Join Date: Sep 2008	Any way to reduce a player's bonus? Ok, I accidentally shot myself in the foot by resigning Shawne Merrimen to a huge contract (I moved him to DE where he's a 99 OVR) and now he's eating up a huge chunk of my salary cap and he's got a $32M signing bonus over 6 years. A year later, he's eating up even more of my salary cap and I was hoping to find a way to trade him away because now I have 4-5 good young DEs and I wanted to use some of the other ones. However, if I do trade him it's going to incur a $26M cap penalty. I tried to change his position (should have done that the first time around), but even if I make him a Kicker and try and resign him he still gets a $32M signing bonus. Is there any way I can lower his signing bonus, or eliminate cap penalties? I'll go search and see if there are ways to eliminate cap penalties since there have been a few topics on it.

10-05-2009, 05:39 PM	#2
sois Banned OVR: 24 Join Date: Nov 2007 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Any way to reduce a player's bonus? Nope. Bonus is stuck. Wait until there are 1 or 2 years left in the deal and dump him. Very realistic scenario.

10-05-2009, 05:59 PM	#4
OnlyShutdownCb21 Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Jul 2009	Re: Any way to reduce a player's bonus? You can cheat your cap but thats about it. You won't be able to fix the Merrimen contract though. Next time you have to resign someone change their position to P and they will sign for cheap. I did that with Zach Miller and Thomas Howard because my Nnamdi, Seymour, Russell, DMc, Gallery contracts are huge and wouldn't let me resign my younger up and coming guys. Gonna have to dump Gallery and Russell soon because their numbers are huge. __________________ "He's the most underrated player in the history of the game. He is off the charts & as good as it gets. He doesn't get the attention for the way he plays consistently but he is the most underrated football player that I have ever seen in my coaching career."-Mike "Raider *****" Shanahan (on Nnamdi)

10-05-2009, 10:48 PM	#5
SBAlki Banned OVR: 3 Join Date: Jul 2009	Re: Any way to reduce a player's bonus? Sometimes you can resign a guywith a huge contract, but no signing bonus. Just take the total amount all the way up, the reduce the salary cap. I have had some guys sign this way. Last edited by SBAlki; 10-05-2009 at 11:16 PM.

10-06-2009, 01:29 AM	#6
mikekim21 Rookie OVR: 6 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: Any way to reduce a player's bonus? When you try to play your first preseason game and your team is still over the cap with required spots to fill, it should ask you if you want to clear cap penalties.

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10-06-2009, 07:29 AM	#7
ace0187420 Rookie OVR: 1 Join Date: Jul 2009	Re: Any way to reduce a player's bonus? Hey at the end of the year after the superbowl release all of ur players with 0k as their bonous and that u don't want to free up cap space then resign merriman to a 1 year deal then when u advance to the offseason he will be a free agent and u can resign him or not that is up to u...

10-06-2009, 08:25 AM	#8
TeamBuilder MVP OVR: 15 Join Date: Jun 2009 Blog Entries: 5	Re: Any way to reduce a player's bonus? If you have enough cap space (and when i say enough it might mean about $30 million free) you can resign him to a 1 year deal at the end of the year. It will make his salary shoot up to an insane amount but once you advance into the off-season you can resign him with the contract you want. If you aren't really sure what I'm talking about click the link in my signature that says "managing the salary cap" and it's explained pretty well there.

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