Brady Pay Cut - Time To Push All In in 2015

[TwoDeep3]

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/ar...assive-pay-cut-is-a-brilliant-financial-move/

I know 2014 is still in play. And I have high hopes. But the window is now!

I'm not certain if Brady was at the end of his contract, but...

Is there a way to rework Romo so he takes less and it benefits the team coming into 2015. I said this in another thread, but I believe if this team made some bold moves with the cap, and perhaps franchised Murray, pay Dez and RoMc, and retain Free - along with drafting a DT and DE, they could have a top ten defense, and perhaps top five.

This comes down to money. Because the pieces are in place. I once thought the defense was far off, but am now thinking it needs a pass rush to get the QB off his spot and disrupt the timing of the other guy's passing offense.

Romo is aging. He is playing better than he ever has.

Murray is making a huge difference.

RoMc at the Mike with Lee at the Will and Hitchens at the Sam, or whatever, will be formidable. This defense just needs a little more push at the front four.

This could be 92 and 93 with the right moves.

All in for Six and Seven.

 

[DandyDon1722]

I don't know what the personal implications are for Brady as far as how it's structured but let's not forget his wife made 47 million last year - more than him. It makes a decision like that a lot easier.

I guess my take away here is--

Candace - get a sitter and get out there and make some cash!

 

[CATCH17]

Dez and Murray should be the guys wanting to do a team friendly deal but I don't get the sense they will.


I feel good about Jerry willing to let Murray walk if his price gets out of hand.


Our goal going forward needs to be keeping this O-line in tact and build a D-Line that is at that same level.



At times I wish Dez wasn't a top 2 or 3 NFL receiver and more in the 6-10 range so we could save some money there.

 

[Derinyar]

Romo will be restructured again. Romo will probably not take a pay cut. I have to imagine that Romo will move about 8 million back, I'd guess.

 

[TrailBlazer]

Brady didn't take a paycut. He's actually going to make more money!

 

[xwalker]

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/ar...assive-pay-cut-is-a-brilliant-financial-move/

I know 2014 is still in play. And I have high hopes. But the window is now!

I'm not certain if Brady was at the end of his contract, but...

Is there a way to rework Romo so he takes less and it benefits the team coming into 2015. I said this in another thread, but I believe if this team made some bold moves with the cap, and perhaps franchised Murray, pay Dez and RoMc, and retain Free - along with drafting a DT and DE, they could have a top ten defense, and perhaps top five.

This comes down to money. Because the pieces are in place. I once thought the defense was far off, but am now thinking it needs a pass rush to get the QB off his spot and disrupt the timing of the other guy's passing offense.

Romo is aging. He is playing better than he ever has.

Murray is making a huge difference.

RoMc at the Mike with Lee at the Will and Hitchens at the Sam, or whatever, will be formidable. This defense just needs a little more push at the front four.

This could be 92 and 93 with the right moves.

All in for Six and Seven.

Romo does not need to take a pay cut. They can restructure his contract and push money into the future.

If they cut Carr and decline Melton's option and let Free's contract void as it is set to do AND restructure the top 7 remaining contracts, they will have about 50M of cap space to re-sign their own free agents and consider outside free agents.

 

[Gemini Dolly]

Brady didn't take a paycut. He's actually going to make more money!

Its baffling that many believe he is actually getting less money.

 

[SDCowboy]

Aw, what a touching story. What a guy...

 

[TrailBlazer]

To anyone that doesn't understand. When someone is guaranteed money, the Team has to put that money in an escrow account and leave it. Brady just let the team guarantee his money against injury, meaning if he's injured he still get his money, allowing the team to take the 24 mil out of escrow account. Basically freeing up 24 mil for the krafts. For his troubles he get 1 mil more per year over his next 3 years than he would've gotten before.

 

[gdogg24]

Brady didn't take a paycut. He's actually going to make more money!

Funny thing is you're right & there's gonna be more people who don't know that than people who will lol

 

[percyhoward]

Brady will make an extra 3 million off of this.

http://www.ganggreennation.com/2014...ts-extra-3-million-media-fawns-over-sacrifice

 

[Bluefin]

Tom Brady didn't take a pay cut.

His base salaries were actually increased by $1M per season in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

What Brady agreed to was a re-wording in his contract that changed his guarantees from "skill" to "injury."

It creates cash-flow flexibility for the Patriots. On Saturday, the final three years of Brady’s contract -- $7 million in 2015, $8 million in 2016 and $9 million in 2017 -- became fully guaranteed for “skill.” When that happened, it required the Patriots to have a $24 million cash commitment on their budget, and by the end of March, the team would have had to have put that money up with the NFL because of league requirements. With Brady agreeing to change the guarantee from “skill” to only “injury,” it means the Patriots don’t have to do that. So the team gains cash-flow flexibility with this move. It does not affect the salary cap.

The change allows the Patriots to avoid having to deposit $24M in a savings account this off-season.

NFL teams have to have guaranteed money in contracts available should the player be forced to retire.

And the move did affect their future caps.

Brady's base pay was increased by $1M each of the next three seasons as a "thank you" for doing this.

 

[viman96]

Brady DID NOT TAKE A PAYCUT

He allowed the Patriots to move incentive money to injury money. When you do that it clears the money of the books. Also the Patriots are giving him an additional $1M per year over the next 3 years so he is MAKING MORE MONEY.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Brady DID NOT TAKE A PAYCUT

He allowed the Patriots to move incentive money to injury money. When you do that it clears the money of the books. Also the Patriots are giving him an additional $1M per year over the next 3 years so it is MAKING MORE MONEY.

This.

 

[TwoDeep3]

The point to the thread is to get there by any means necessary.

The time is now. Phillips-head Brady to a plank.

This team may be there now, but the correct moves, being bold, taking a risk, it could produce something astounding.

Sorry, perhaps I should have left the Brady article out of this.

 

[TwoCentPlain]

I don't know what the personal implications are for Brady as far as how it's structured but let's not forget his wife made 47 million last year - more than him. It makes a decision like that a lot easier.

With Brady and his wife's combined incomes past-present-future, it is not inconceivable that Brady could buy an NFL team. Or at least be the major shareholder. I think Carolina's Richardson is the only owner to have also played in the NFL. Bon Jovi couldn't come up with the cash to buy a team.

I think Staubach probably could have bought a team had he wanted. I heard he is worth something like $600M due to business deals.

I wonder if the Mannings combined (father and sons) could come up with the money to buy a team. I think they might be able to come close to being the principle owners with a little help.

 

[ConstantReboot]

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/ar...assive-pay-cut-is-a-brilliant-financial-move/

I know 2014 is still in play. And I have high hopes. But the window is now!

I'm not certain if Brady was at the end of his contract, but...

Is there a way to rework Romo so he takes less and it benefits the team coming into 2015. I said this in another thread, but I believe if this team made some bold moves with the cap, and perhaps franchised Murray, pay Dez and RoMc, and retain Free - along with drafting a DT and DE, they could have a top ten defense, and perhaps top five.

This comes down to money. Because the pieces are in place. I once thought the defense was far off, but am now thinking it needs a pass rush to get the QB off his spot and disrupt the timing of the other guy's passing offense.

Romo is aging. He is playing better than he ever has.

Murray is making a huge difference.

RoMc at the Mike with Lee at the Will and Hitchens at the Sam, or whatever, will be formidable. This defense just needs a little more push at the front four.

This could be 92 and 93 with the right moves.

All in for Six and Seven.

I think a better example rather than Brady would be Tim Duncan of the Spurs. He already made his multi millions but he wanted a championship. Thus they were able to put a team together with the right people.

 

[TwoDeep3]

I think a better example rather than Brady would be Tim Duncan of the Spurs. He already made his multi millions but he wanted a championship. Thus they were able to put a team together with the right people.

I thought about that, as well. Good call.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Brady didn't take a paycut.

Of course not. Pro athletes very rarely do that. No matter their net worth.

 

[joseephuss]

Brady's deal also doesn't change the Patriots cap situation. The only way it can impact their cap is if they cut him. They would take a tremendous dead money hit if they cut him this off season, but the hit does get reduced quite a bit after the 2015 season. They could save around $19 million in cap space at that time, but does anyone think the Pats would cut Brady in roughly a year from now.