Sounds like a.......No
It's not like he walked away with no money
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I know after taxes and agent fees it's probably only around $50 million. If he invested his money well and didn't go crazy on extravagant purchases he's set for the rest of his life. The balance of his contract he was due to earn another $67 million if it wasn't renegotiated. The Lions were never going to pay him the $15.9 million he was due next year unless he did renegotiate. I would think it would have been redone so they would have guaranteed about $20 million. The balance was for 4 years. The question is does he want to take the punishment and play another two of the next four years.
| 9 seasons | $37,088,563 | $30,000,000 | $18,055,912 | - | $4,290,000 | $20,000,000 | $4,381,611 | $113,816,086 |
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I know after taxes and agent fees it's probably only around $50 million. If he invested his money well and didn't go crazy on extravagant purchases he's set for the rest of his life. The balance of his contract he was due to earn another $67 million if it wasn't renegotiated. The Lions were never going to pay him the $15.9 million he was due next year unless he did renegotiate. I would think it would have been redone so they would have guaranteed about $20 million. The balance was for 4 years. The question is does he want to take the punishment and play another two of the next four years.
As a businessman he should just let Lions release him in place of restructuring his deal. No way they pay him 16 mil a season. If he retires he will be obligated to pay team back over 3 mil from signing bonus. If released, he would be a free agent and could either kick back and decide he is 100% ready to retire or wait and see if a better team reaches out to him. A year or two catching passes from say Brady, Flacco or even Rogers could be tempting.
What team wouldn't trade a 2nd round pick for a reasonably priced Calvin Johnson if you get him for 3 solid years. Most 2nd round picks end up being nobody's. Especially if you are a team who will likely be picking towards the end of the 2nd round which are the only teams that would want him and that he would want to play for.
That's not relevant. There's going to be more teams in the market for a generational talent, who happens to be a great dude, coming off a 1,200 yard/9 TD season than there was for a malcontent coming off a 500 yard/3 TD season. More teams in the market = higher price. Supply and demand. This situation is very different than Moss.
