Reverend Conehead
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I'm guessing the league has already put in safeguards against this, but hear me out. Jerry Jones calls a player into his office and say that the salary cap makes it difficult to pay him what he's worth. So he offers a lowball amount of money to play football, but also offers him a post-football/non-football job after he retires, and it's for an obscene amount of money that more than makes up for the lowball football salary. Upon retirement, the player will be Director of Concession Sales or Promotion Manager, or Artificial Turf Inspector -- doesn't much matter which as long as it's a non-football job. Since it's a non-football job, it's not part of the salary cap. And the league doesn't prohibit a player from going to work for his old team after retirement.
I would guess the league has already thought of this and has had their lawyers somehow enact rules against it, but I don't know for sure. Anyone know?
I would guess the league has already thought of this and has had their lawyers somehow enact rules against it, but I don't know for sure. Anyone know?