There should players in certain situation, when guaranteed money kicks in.
Situations
The Situations
- Serious Knee and Foot Injuries
- MCL
- ACL
- PCL
- LCL
- Achilles
- Any Reconstructive Surgerys
Concussion
If you get to many concussions you can get Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
It is a progressive and fatal brain disease associated with repeated traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), including concussions and repeated blows to the head.
Some explames of players that got CTE are Aaron Hernandez and Junior Seau
Role players who get hurt usually gets realesed from the team
Reason 1
- "Most of the non-star players can be cut after an injury and not receive any money remaining on their contracts."(Geier)
- NFL players with non-guaranteed deals don't qualify for pension benefits.
- If a player lands on the injured list, they get a pay cut, if they don't have a guaranteed contract.
A role player is a player that gets the leagues minimum and is not a starter.
Owners are afraid to give out guranteed contracts
Reason 2
- If a player with a fully guaranteed contract gets injured, or fails a physical and they still gets paid.
- Some players lose their motivation to play.
- If a player gets injured at a privite work out, the owner can stripe away the player's guaranteed money. This happened to Ja'wuan James.
Ja'Wuan James
He is offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens.
In 2021 he was Denver Broncos and had a 15 million dollar guaranteed contract.
He was working out at a privite site and got injured.
The Broncos's mangerment decided to take away his guaranteed money.
The NFL has the highest injury rate
Reason 3
- The estimated average number of injuries per game in the NFL is approximately 4.9x higher than the sum of the other sport leagues.
- The NFL has a 5.9 injures per game, while the NBA has a 0.16, the MLB has a 0.45 ansd the NHL has a 0.59.
- NFL players play through injuries, sometimes pushed themself to play or the coaches push them.
Work Cited
- https://www.drdavidgeier.com/nfl-guaranteed-contracts/
- https://marketrealist.com/company-industry-overviews/do-nfl-players-get-paid-when-injured/#:~:text=NFL%20players%20who%20receive%20%22football,forfeit%20their%20salary%20while%20injured.
- https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/17/nfl-football-contracts-guaranteed-money-pensions-salary-cap
- http://www.fantasygas.com/fantasyfootball/article/philosophy/injuryindex.html