Ike Taylor restructure's contract

Another Steeler Change's Contract

Posted by Mike Florio on February 10, 2012, 1:17 PM EST

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Before dumping contracts and/or forcing players to take pay cuts, the Steelers are willing to give out millions in signing bonuses in exchange for the ability to push cap dollars into future years.

A source with knowledge of the situation tells PFT that cornerback Ike Taylor, who signed a four-year deal with the Steelers before the 2011 season, has converted the maximum amount of his $5.75 million base salary for 2012 into a signing bonus. Since the minimum base salary for a player with Taylor’s experience is $825,00, the team was able to give him $4.925 million now.

Read more: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/10/steelers-restructure-ike-taylors-contract-too/

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JonM229 wrote:

booooo

You may want to save that for your own selfish players when they refuse to do these types of things to keep their team together because they wanna get PAID.

JonM229 wrote:

booooo

You would say that, hater!!

Buddha Bus wrote:

You may want to save that for your own selfish players when they refuse to do these types of things to keep their team together because they wanna get PAID.

They got kids to feed!

JonM229 wrote:

Buddha Bus wrote:

You may want to save that for your own selfish players when they refuse to do these types of things to keep their team together because they wanna get PAID.

They got kids to feed!

And murders to defend against!