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Old 04-29-2015, 04:38 PM   #22
ra7c7er
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Originally Posted by ezpkns34 View Post

Is it realistic to offer majorly front-loaded deals? Nope, but it's b/c the front offices are adverse to offering them, not at all b/c the players would prefer getting most of the money deferred when inflation makes that $40M a decade from now worth less than $40M today is worth (not even including the up front salaries' worth in better investment opportunities). A player has zero incentive to turn down a front loaded deal
That only works if they spend the whole 40 million in a decade and lives in a box the rest of their life.

Inflation has nothing to do with anything.
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