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Originally Posted by neohemp
I thought NFL contracts WERE guaranteed, that's why some guys can refuse to play and still get paid. I knew in basketball they weren't guaranteed, but I always thought NFL ones were
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Nope, not guaranteed. That's why you'll see so many veterans get cut. Since most contracts are structured to have escalating payments each year, by the last couple years of a contract lots of players are scheduled to get paid a lot more than they're worth, so they get cut (see Kerry Collins).