Clark Contract Restructure

MMILLER360 said:
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That's what I expected them to do. It was the easiest way to free up money in his deal without really doing anything. He was going to get the bonus anyway, but instead of it all counting against this year's cap, it's no prorated.
 
blueblood70 said:
He was already under contract until 2027, so there wasn’t much they could do if they didn’t want to commit long-term. In my opinion, this was the best way to handle it.

The Cowboys have capologists and contract experts—this isn’t just Jerry and Steven making calls.

They have people whose sole job is to manage contracts and the salary cap, and if they thought your suggested approach would bring more money, they would’ve done it. They have their reasons for handling it this way.

A couple of years ago, it was the same situation—an entire team of professionals working on contracts and finances, giving the Cowboys the information they need.

They’re not making decisions on a whim; these are experienced pros who do this every day. Sometimes, during situations like the Parsons deal, the Cowboys don’t even meet face-to-face with the player, sending others to finalize contracts. This isn’t some mom-and-pop setup—it’s a massive organization with around 1,200 employees, many in the front office focused solely on contracts and the salary cap.
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people want to think it’s a mom and pop set-up with Jerry and Stephan as the sole 2 calling the shots…

folks this is politics and Jerry is your president, he’s here for the fame and credit and no work - as stated 1200 other qualified people are doing that.
 
blueblood70 said:
He was already under contract until 2027, so there wasn’t much they could do if they didn’t want to commit long-term. In my opinion, this was the best way to handle it.

The Cowboys have capologists and contract experts—this isn’t just Jerry and Steven making calls.

They have people whose sole job is to manage contracts and the salary cap, and if they thought your suggested approach would bring more money, they would’ve done it. They have their reasons for handling it this way.

A couple of years ago, it was the same situation—an entire team of professionals working on contracts and finances, giving the Cowboys the information they need.

They’re not making decisions on a whim; these are experienced pros who do this every day. Sometimes, during situations like the Parsons deal, the Cowboys don’t even meet face-to-face with the player, sending others to finalize contracts. This isn’t some mom-and-pop setup—it’s a massive organization with around 1,200 employees, many in the front office focused solely on contracts and the salary cap.
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I've been a fan for a very long time yet did not realize the organization was that large. Thank you for the explanation.
 
ChuckA1 said:
I've been a fan for a very long time yet did not realize the organization was that large. Thank you for the explanation.
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Adam Prasifka is the contract and cap guy. Todd Williams is his boss

A lot of people who should retire on this list

Jerry - 35 years - GM
Stephen - 35 years - COO
Charlotte - 35 years - Marketing
Jerry Jr - 35 years - Sales

Todd Williams - 31 yrs - VP Football Ops
Craig Gliebert - 35 yrs - Travel/Logistics
Jason McCay - 13 yrs - Football Tech
Adam Prasifka - 25 yrs - Salary Cap
Brian Wansley - 30 yrs - Player Dev.
Will McClay - 24 yrs - VP Personnel
Jim Maurer - 36 yrs - Head of Training
 
Reality said:
I looked at his restructured deal and its exactly what I predicted would happen.

The Cowboys restructured his 2 remaining years while adding voided years so they could spread out the immediate signing bonus.

The actual contract length did not change so he's still only signed for 2027 and 2028.

The only difference is by restructuring he will now have a dead money cap hit when the Cowboys move on from him at some point over the next couple of years, but it won't be bad at least.
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I think I am done talking about the cap. No matter how many times it is posted, we get these people freaking out about the cap and they can't do this or do that. I am not talking about you, but about the people on this thread.
Chasing6 said:
Shocker. Maybe that's why it took so long. His contract was not guaranteed.

Which only questions why Gary's contract was not restructured.
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It will be redone....guaranteed! They didn't do it before because there was no need. Your understanding of the cap is so off it is funny. Do you enjoy being wrong about this over and over? Because everything you said can't be done has been done multiple times. It has nothing to do with whether their contract is guaranteed or not. Changing how they receive the money is what affects the cap, not when they actually receive it.
 
Reality said:
I looked at his restructured deal and its exactly what I predicted would happen.

The Cowboys restructured his 2 remaining years while adding voided years so they could spread out the immediate signing bonus.

The actual contract length did not change so he's still only signed for 2027 and 2028.

The only difference is by restructuring he will now have a dead money cap hit when the Cowboys move on from him at some point over the next couple of years, but it won't be bad at least.
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I think I am done talking about the cap. No matter how many times it is posted, we get these people freaking out about the cap and they can't do this or do that. I am not talking about you, but about the people on this thread.

There is still money to be made available as needed:

Q. Williams - 14.6m
Gary - 8.7m or extension 13.9m
Bland - 8.6m
Ferguson - 4.8m

With Odiggy's status up in the air, there still is $36.9m - 42.1m in space available for restructure, not counting guys they could cut or sign to extensions, like Aubrey or Pickens.

OvertheCap now has us at 4m over the cap apparently including the Clark restructure. The rookie pool adds about $8m. These one year deals for Williams, Locke and the DT haven't been added as far as I can tell, and they will add about $8m. So there is $17-22m easily available. A trade of O'Diggy adds about $4m in cap space. The likelihood is we will not sign much more if anything outside of depth pieces.
 
Fla Cowpoke said:
I think I am done talking about the cap. No matter how many times it is posted, we get these people freaking out about the cap and they can't do this or do that. I am not talking about you, but about the people on this thread.
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I think it comes down to people expect them to be proactive about restructures and they don't factor in additional things beyond "free up cap space right now" thinking that's the only reason why the Cowboys are not signing high-priced players.

The truth is there is always salary cap space available if a team wants a player bad enough. That's why teams having nightmare cap seasons still manage to sign high-priced free agents.

Sure, they may have to deal with the fallout eventually but with the salary cap going up like it has lately, the odds are any future issues with the salary cap will be softened considerably.

Clark's situation though was an easy one for the Cowboys because they acquired him through a trade which means his previous team (the Packers in this case) absorbed the dead money hit.

The Cowboys simply had a straight salary-only contract with him once he arrived meaning they could trade or just release him and there would have been no dead salary cap money hit to deal with.

With the Cowboys restructuring him without adding any additional paid (non-void) years, they basically turned this into a year-to-year contract.

Next year they can restructure him again or release him and designate him a post-June-1st release and minimize their 2027 dead money hit.
 
Reality said:
I think it comes down to people expect them to be proactive about restructures and they don't factor in additional things beyond "free up cap space right now" thinking that's the only reason why the Cowboys are not signing high-priced players.

The truth is there is always salary cap space available if a team wants a player bad enough. That's why teams having nightmare cap seasons still manage to sign high-priced free agents.

Sure, they may have to deal with the fallout eventually but with the salary cap going up like it has lately, the odds are any future issues with the salary cap will be softened considerably.

Clark's situation though was an easy one for the Cowboys because they acquired him through a trade which means his previous team (the Packers in this case) absorbed the dead money hit.

The Cowboys simply had a straight salary-only contract with him once he arrived meaning they could trade or just release him and there would have been no dead salary cap money hit to deal with.

With the Cowboys restructuring him without adding any additional paid (non-void) years, they basically turned this into a year-to-year contract.

Next year they can restructure him again or release him and designate him a post-June-1st release and minimize their 2027 dead money hit.
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And Gary is pretty much the same. His contract is easily restructured.
 
Kwyn said:
Of course. Who is your wish signing? Hendrickson
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It would be very shocking, I more so am focused on the draft and US trading down with our picks to get more. I'll take the Oregon safety and Rodriguez the LB
 
Coogiguy03 said:
Nobody can ever do anything right in your eyes, you argue just to argue, you could have just asked me first, that would have been the adult thing to do!! You have to calm down emotionally like for real!!!


Leave it to Jerry he can get half a defense with that!! (Sarcasm) :facepalm:
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DITTO NEXT!! :oldcouple:
 
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