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Wait, so this is what would happen under that scenario, assuming a generic 6-year deal with a $6M signing bonus.
2010: $1.2M amortization ($6M/5-year max)
(new CBA)
2011: $0.96M amortization ($6M-$1.2M/5-years remaining)
2012: $0.96
2013: $0.96
2014: $0.96
2015: $0.96
No, that deal would amortize at $1.2M for 5 years and it can never be adjusted or altered. However if he got $4M in signing bonus and $2M in option bonus due in 2011 - once the new CBA is signed that deal would amortize as
2010: $0.80M
2011-14: $1.2M ($0.80M + $$0.40M)
2015: $0.40M
And if there are any roster bonuses scattered throughout his deal those would amortize over however many remaining years are left in the deal up to whatever is the max amortization allowed under the terms of the new "current" CBA.
This is why I said I could see both Manning and Brady signing deals longer than 5 years - just to build in some future flexibility where amortization is concerned. In our case the use of split bonus also allows for some flexibility in layering the outlay of bonus money and spreading the risk. In Indy's case they have always been willing to postpone the inevitable (via roster bouses they convert) in the treatment of Manning's cap hit to accommodate having some other core pieces retained during his tenure. Polian already used his voidable 8th and 9th years (2011-2012) of that 2004 deal to spread some roster bonus amortization from 2006 and 2007... If they end up eating several million once he's gone, Polian won't care. It's about maximizing the effect while he's still here. And for both teams that strategy may work this time since I'm sure neither expects to have a double digit QB stepping into that cap slot for at least a time after each is gone.