Categories: Contracts

The Huge Costs of Haloti Ngata’s 4 Game Suspension

[adsenseyu1]

Being suspended in the NFL is never a good thing, but for Haloti Ngata the costs will prove to be exceptional. Per the NFL’s CBA a player suspended under the drug policies will not only lose his game checks for time missed but will also forfeit the proportionate amount of his signing bonus for that season. For a player operating under a contract with a $25 million signing bonus that is going to be a significant number.

Ngata’s base salary for the season was $8.5 million. He will now lose $2 million in base salary. He will also forfeit $1,176,471 of his bonus money, leaving him $3.176 million lighter in the pocket for just a four game suspension. That is certainly not a number to sneeze at and illustrates the big dollars at stake for star players when suspended.

The Ravens will earn a $2 million cap credit immediately for 2014 and the balance will be applied to their 2015 cap totals.

[adsenseyu4]

Share
Published by
Jason Fitzgerald

Recent Posts

Discounting Of Future NFL Draft Picks

We had a little discussion over the last few days about discounting of future draft…

2 days ago

The Salary Cap Costs and Value Added from the 2024 NFL Draft

With the 2024 NFL Draft in the books we now have a final estimate for…

4 days ago

Valuing the 2nd Round Trades of the 2024 NFL Draft

With the second round of the 2024 draft in the books I wanted to go…

5 days ago

Valuing the 1st Round Trades in the 2024 NFL Draft

With the first round of the 2024 draft in the books I wanted to go…

6 days ago

Premium Content: NFL Draft Summary Data

For those who are premium subscribers I put together a pdf file breaking down the…

1 week ago

2024 Projected UDFA Class Sizes

With only a few days before the 2024 NFL Draft, it's that time again to…

1 week ago