money in signing bonus is not

I’ll agree with that.

Money is now guaranteed that was not previously guaranteed. If you fail to see the difference, you should talk to the legions of NFL players who never ever see the end of their contracts.

I’m glad that Portis is still with us. The move saved us cap space, like it always does and I wrote a more detailed article about it saying his greatest years could still be ahead of him when it first was announced.  I like Clinton Portis, even his silly characters. I voted for Doctor Doo Itch Big.  Stop acting like I’ve got hate for the skins because I don’t present everything in sweetness and light.

I get where you’re coming from. Some people in the DC area do seem to be only negative towards the team they allegedly love.  I’m not one of them.  I’m also not going to blindly gush over everything that happens.  If I chose the wrong term “Big fat new contract” then you got me.  But “Big fat new signing bonus” is perfectly accurate and correct.

He really fixed up Strahan and Lynch. He gets my vote too. Portis gets to clown around Washington for three more years Ron. Put that on your teleprompter and don’t screw it up now. Ya hear!!!

while you are correct when you say players don’t often see the backloaded portion of a contract.All that was done is they guaranteed what was ALREADY THERE.

the total value of the contract never changed,and it was done to create cap relief and it obviously improved Portis’s spirits.Prior Portis often wondered about his future in DC because of his high cap #. He’s now here for atleast 3 more years,and something has inspired Portis to take a more active role in offseason strength and conditioning program and he’s in good shape right now.

you’ve been reading to much of JLC’s anti-skins blog.

no idea how a restructure can be misconstrued into a “fat new contract” or”fat new signing bonus”

how about “fat old signing bonus”? since all that’s really happening is them forwarding money that was already on the deal he signed in 2004?

and truth is

if this move DIDN’T save the skins money on the cap,they wouldn’t have done it. So it’s not like they said “hey CP,great work,we’re restucturing your deal to reward you”

I think it’s a damn shame that more players in professional sports can’t be more like Malcolm Kelly. That’s how it should be. I wander if Stoops has any influence on these types of things. It seems like the boys from Oklahoma usually get to giving very quickly. I don’t know what that says about Oklahoma and Stoops, but they have got to be proud.

It’s an issue of semantics though. Let’s compromise and I’ll happily retract my statement and instead use the word “FAT NEW SIGNING BONUS” instead. Happy?

he was ALREADY scheduled to earn that money ,they just guaranteed it and moved it around to create cap room.

you could say they reworked his contract in his favor,but to say he got a FAT NEW contract would be bending the truth.

a fat new contract would be extending his current deal and giving him signing bonus on top of that. that isn’t what happened.