30 July 2010, 3:20 am
Im a guy in the UK who has been into the NFL for the last couple of seasons. Im a Tennessee Titans fan (long story, don't ask). I travel to Florida every year and have friends out there so ive become a bit of a Florida Gators follower to and obviously love Tim Tebow. Ive just read that he has agreed a $33 million dollar, five year contract with the Broncos with $8.7 million guaranteed. So i guess my question is how does the NFL contracts system work? If $8.7 million is guaranteed what about the other $25 million? Is that based on appearances? performance? image rights etc? PS - in the UK a footballers (soccer) contract is made up of a weekly amount with additional money being paid for performance related bonuses like scoring a goal, assisting a goal, number of appearances in a season etc.... Read More »