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hwc said:But, you had said make the options for tacking on additional years at the end of the contract.
You can't make the options be for adding years in the 2006-2012 time frame because he's already under contract for those years (hence no club "option").
I said that the Colts could add this year an option for the 2013 season, in 2007 an option for the 2014 season.
If there is no CBA extension, the Colts may need the $6.75 million in cap savings to get under the cap. If there is no CBA extension, then it is very likely that 2007 will be uncapped so it does not matter if Manning's 2007 renumeration would be much lower than it is now because I am sure that the Colts would just release Manning in 2007 ending his contract and the 30% limitation with it. The Colts will then do a new deal in 2007. If there is a CBA extension, they will probably not need that much savings.
As for submitting an illegal contract to the NFLPA, teams do it all the time, even the Patriots. Remember that the NFLPA made the Patriots redo Brady's contract before they finally approved it.