Ben Roethlisberger restructures 2021 contract to remain with Steelers for one more season
Roethlisberger will be paid $14M in 2021
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Yeah, I guess Ben doing "anything" to help the team (and not caring about his 2021 salary) meant him still making $14 million, or almost $13 million more than the veteran minimum. What a guy. I wonder how he and his family will survive, given such a drastic show of altruism.Took a 5 mil pay cut. Doubters you have sum splainin to do Lucy!
Did his agent sign him up with one of those Tom Brady Payment Plan thingies ??? better known as OLD AGE InSecurity.....Took a 5 mil pay cut. Doubters you have sum splainin to do Lucy!
Not sure how anyone can look at it as anything but a positive for the club.Yeah, I guess Ben doing "anything" to help the team (and not caring about his 2021 salary) meant him still making $14 million, or almost $13 million more than the veteran minimum. What a guy. I wonder how he and his family will survive, given such a drastic show of altruism.
Yay Ben!
Well not really. He was due to make nothing new in his pocket if he didn't play. They met in the middle of what he was worth.Took a 5 mil pay cut. Doubters you have sum splainin to do Lucy!
You will have to explain your math to me. This is the way I read it. He was on the books for something like 40 million. 19 of it was new money. The cut up the 19 million part of the contract. They rewrote the 19. Got it down to 14. Saved 5 directly and remortgaged the remaining 9 or 10.DANG right Ben Roethlisberger did EXACTLY what he said he was going to do. He took a pay cut to help the team. We will have to wait for more detail on the actual contract but if it holds true to 14mil, then he is making way less than a lot of QBs with-in the league and I'm talking even the medioker ones at that. Ben comes through again.
If his actual 14mil is actual cap hit, that's a $27mil savings on the cap. Like I said, we need to wait and see more detail on the contract.
Salute the nation
You will have to explain your math to me. This is the way I read it. He was on the books for something like 40 million. 19 of it was new money. The cut up the 19 million part of the contract. They rewrote the 19. Got it down to 14. Saved 5 directly and remortgaged the remaining 9 or 10.
Yes. Salary + bonuses for this year was scheduled to be $19M. He took a $5M "pay cut" to bring that down to $14M. Restructured his contract so that his salary was Vet Min and spread the remaining $12+M over 4 years in the form of a signing bonus on a contract that has voidable years.So, did he actually take a pay cut?
Should have paid Ben in CDN funds ..... then we could afford an O line upgrade & that Najee (Franco II ) Harris guy in the draftYou will have to explain your math to me. This is the way I read it. He was on the books for something like 40 million. 19 of it was new money. The cut up the 19 million part of the contract. They rewrote the 19. Got it down to 14. Saved 5 directly and remortgaged the remaining 9 or 10.
Thankfully he can be easily replaced, just like Bradshaw was. Thankfully it only took almost 25 years to win that One For The Thumb.Well not really. He was due to make nothing new in his pocket if he didn't play. They met in the middle of what he was worth.
Now the real issue is where does this take us. Honestly, I am not going to lie. I will enjoy the facade as much as any of you. But that is what it is. Make no mistake about it. The Steelers are perhaps a playoff contender. Certainly not a Super Bowl contender. The Steelers need a massive overhaul. All this joyous day does is push the cleanup back another year. Enjoy!!!!!
Ok that’s done! Thanks Ben!
Now the work begins if we’re serious about one more shot. A couple more restructures , DeCasto and maybe Tuitt saves a bit. Now some dead wood cuts, Haden, Bince Williams, Ebron, that saves about 15 million or so.
Can we then extend Sutton,Hilton, and Feiler and maybe just maybe work out a deal for Bud.
The odd man out unfortunately I think would be JuJu but he can be replaced in the draft hopefully.
Say what you want but 5 million dollars he was set to get in 2021 is now not there for him. This doesn’t happen often, so he does deserve credit for this gesture.Yeah, I guess Ben doing "anything" to help the team (and not caring about his 2021 salary) meant him still making $14 million, or almost $13 million more than the veteran minimum. What a guy. I wonder how he and his family will survive, given such a drastic show of altruism.
Yay Ben!
I think you just found one. I guess he should be playing for free this year.Not sure how anyone can look at it as anything but a positive for the club.