Rookie contract offset language silliness

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The example is far-fetched, but the concept is valid. Aaron Maybin lasted only two years in Buffalo after signing a five year contract as the 11th pick in the first round. He was subsequently signed by the Jets.

That example if pure PR. Why didn't they use your much more realistic and understandable example of $2.0M, $1.2M and $800K? Because you might actually feel for that guy, but no one is upset if a guy gets paid $80M instead of $90M.

It's even more unrealistic when you consider that with the new rookie wage scale, even the #1 pick gets nowhere near the $40M over three years they describe! Cam Newton got 4yr/22M, under 8M/yr while the example is for 13M/yr lol