Post subject: Pro Contracts: What are they really signing?
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 6:18 pm
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With all these players signing big contracts it got me thinking... what are they really signing? It has to be more than just simple dollars and cents. Are professional athletes aloud to ride dirt bikes or do movies during the off season? Are teams aloud to throw in houses or cars to the players to lure them to come? I tried to research this online but didn't find much.
Joe DiMaggio The Yankee Clipper reportedly cost himself a $10,000 bonus when his hitting streak ended at 56 games. The money wouldn't have come from the team, though. His would-be benefactor? Heinz, which offered the cash if DiMaggio got to 57.
The Oakland A's Perhaps the easiest clause to achieve: In 1972 owner Charlie Finley offered his players $300 if they'd grow mustaches as part of a Father's Day promotion. All 25 did, and the 'staches became a team trademark. Rollie Fingers (top) even had a clause written into his contract that he would be supplied with wax for his handlebars.
Akili Smith The Bengals QB had a base salary of $275,000 in 2000. But if he threw for 1,600 yards it would jump to $4 million. At 1,253, the struggling Smith was benched in Game 11 in favor of journeyman Scott Mitchell, prompting speculation that the team was looking to save a buck. "Everybody knows what is going on," said teammate Damon Griffin.
Dennis Lamp The Blue Jays were obligated to pick up Lamp's $600,000 option for 1987 if the reliever met an appearances clause. He was getting close in September when the Jays shelved him. During one 23-game stretch he didn't even warm up. The Jays claimed Lamp was ineffective; in his grievance—which he lost—Lamp pointed to his 2.70 second-half ERA. "It just goes to show, you are just a piece of meat," he said.
Curt Schilling Boston's big-boned ace stood to make $2 million for hitting a series of weight-related clauses last year, but he agreed to drop them when a shoulder injury kept him out all season. Schilling's deal also paid him $1 million for receiving a Cy Young vote. After jokes that an unscrupulous writer could vote for Schilling (left) and the two could split the cash, it was announced that beginning in 2013, no player who stands to gain financially is eligible for a BBWAA award.
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Post subject: Re: Pro Contracts: What are they really signing?
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 6:28 pm
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pretty sure that most if not all things by a team are illegal, houses, cars etc, unless you count them as like Bday gifts or something, or the costs have to be written into the contract at market value.
Post subject: Re: Pro Contracts: What are they really signing?
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:12 pm
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Akili Smith The Bengals QB had a base salary of $275,000 in 2000. But if he threw for 1,600 yards it would jump to $4 million. At 1,253, the struggling Smith was benched in Game 11 in favor of journeyman Scott Mitchell, prompting speculation that the team was looking to save a buck. "Everybody knows what is going on," said teammate Damon Griffin.
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