Chapter 43: A $100 Million Gamble
Quitting football?
That's a big bet!
But I won't be stunned!
"Yes, what kind of betting?" Tang Qian asked.
"What's the gambling method? Let's bet on who can make $100 million first, how about it, do you dare? ”
"What? Bill. Shagat, you're betting on this unfair! Taylor spoke before Tang Qian, and said: "You are already a professional player in the NFL, and you have signed a big rookie contract, 3 years and 12 million US dollars, this kind of bet is simply impossible for Tang!" ”
$12 million in 3 years?
Can NFL rookies get paid such a high salary?
Tang Qian's heart shook slightly.
Of course, this is because Tang Qian does not understand the NFL's contract mechanism, although the Houston Texans opened it to Beal. Shagat has a seemingly high contract, but if you are familiar with the NFL, you will understand that the 12 million US dollars, Bill. Shagat doesn't always have enough of it. Why? This has something to do with the NFL's player contract system. Before 1994, there were many large contracts with high premiums in the NFL, but after 1994, the NFL began to implement a hard salary cap, the English name Hardcap, and from this year onwards, the total annual salary cap of any team could not exceed the hard salary cap. This is a clear departure from the NBA's soft salary cap system, where the NFL's team salary cannot be exceeded, regardless of whether your team owner has the money or not, and whether or not he is willing to pay the luxury tax. However, if you want to squeeze the team players without limits, there is no way, because there is a salary.floor, which will protect the basic rights and interests of the players. That this and Bill. What does Shagat's $12 million have to do with it? There is a relationship, and the relationship is big.
In order to strengthen the team and not exceed the limit of the league's hard salary cap, this made the NFL's team management, uniform team, hollow out their minds and brains. In order to deal with the league's hard salary cap, NFL teams have begun to aggressively introduce a strategy that combines guaranteed contracts with non-guarantees. Take Bill. Shagat's three-year $12 million is different from the NBA's three-year $12 million, the former's guaranteed salary is only about 7 million, and the remaining 5 million is a non-guaranteed salary. If you want to get this part of the non-guaranteed salary, you can rely on Bill. Shagat himself on the field.
And at this point, it's not over, do you think you'll get enough money once the guaranteed part is finalized?
NoNoNo~
The wages of the guaranteed part should be subdivided into the full security part and other security parts. What is the full coverage part? The full guarantee part is basically similar to the NBA's player contract, as long as you sign this contract, even if you play one game and the season is reimbursed, then you can still get the full amount of the money. So what is the other part of the coverage? After you have signed the contract, you need to meet certain conditions on the contract, and only when these conditions are met, you can get this part of the guaranteed salary. However, for NFL players, the most popular part is the signing.bonus, which is the signing bonus. Because the signing bonus, as the name suggests, is the part of the salary that you can get as soon as you complete the contract. Like Bill. With Shagat's contract, his signing bonus is a full 2 million US dollars, which is also one of the fastest contract wages he can get.
As for the entire $12 million, due to the brutality of the NFL's competition, the league's layoff rate is much higher than that of the NBA, once the team is cut because of performance and other problems, then let alone $12 million, even if it is the 7 million in the guaranteed part, whether it can be taken in full, it is a question. Of course, as the leader of the evil capitalism, the United States also knows that there are policies and countermeasures, if you are the absolute core of the team, then the team can restructure the contract for you, and even a salary of one point, nine points of signing bonuses. But this treatment, now Bill. Shagat didn't even think about it, he wasn't at that level yet.
So don't look at Bill. The price of Shagat's contract is terrifying, but in fact, if a professional is present, it will definitely shrink his value by about half, and become an ordinary contract that everyone feels in.
But Tang Qian just came to the United States and didn't understand it at all. After Shagat's worth, he was shocked and a little surprised.
Bill. Shagat ignored Taylor's words, just stared at Tang Qian with a pair of eyes, "How is it?" Orientals, just say if you dare or not! ”
"Don, don't promise him, he's already a little mentally abnormal! This kind of bad gambling contract doesn't need to be cared about at all. "Taylor. Swift was afraid that Tang Qian would be impulsive, so he hurriedly turned his head to Tang Qian and said.
"Are you sure you're going to bet like that?" Tang Qian smiled at Taylor beside him first, and then turned his head and asked.
"Are you talking nonsense? I'm not sure why I'm bringing it up? You don't have to procrastinate, just bet or not!! "Bill. Shagat is aggressive, for a "waste" who is still struggling in the NBDL, he has absolute confidence to win.
Let Tang Qian even lose the "future!!
"Very good, for the sake of your sincerity, I will accept it." Tang Qian looked at Bill. Shagat counted for a few seconds, then grinned.
This smile instantly made Bill. Shagat felt unwell.
He didn't understand, where did this Oriental get his confidence and courage???
"Don, you ......"
"Don't worry, for this kind of fat fly who has nothing to do, I don't just slap him on the wall, it won't relieve anger at all." Seeing that Taylor wanted to say more, Tang Qian smiled slightly and said calmly: "Don't you believe your own male partner?" ”
After speaking, Tang Qian said loudly in all directions: "Ladies, gentlemen, tonight's bet, please also witness for the two of us, lest in the future, someone will rely on their faces to darken, deliberately deny, and deliberately deny." ”
"No problem, Oriental, I'm Benedict. Cumberbatch, willing to be a witness for you! ”
"I'm Taylor. Lotner would like to be a witness for you, too! ”
"Hi, how can such a fun thing be without me Lady.Gaga? Count me in! ”
In an instant, the entire private hall was lively, and under Tang Qian's instigation, one by one, celebrities began to voluntarily join this huge team of witnesses. And it can be roughly seen that most of the people present faintly support Tang Qian's side.
Sympathy for the weak, which in the capitalist erosion of the United States, is also a human nature, at least in their opinion, and Bill. Compared with Shagat, Tang Qian, an Oriental, is obviously in a weak position and is in an extremely passive position.
But even so, this Oriental still bravely accepted the challenge and accepted the gambling contract, this courage, this scene, can not help but let people substitute for it.
Maybe this scene is nothing in a movie that is not strange at the moment.
However, in real life, that kind of stimulation, that kind of sense, instantly becomes incomparable.
Countless celebrities in the heart of "YY", two athletes, on the eve of the awards, for Taylor. Swift is-for-tat, jealous, and even willing to take out his athletic career and gamble wildly, and this material, if exposed, will definitely be the go-to headlines for lace and entertainment news. Maybe "Vanity Fair" will include it!
It's a pity that there is no way to make such a "big exclusive" public.
Even if someone relieves their mouths in the future and tells today's scene, people will only regard it as a "wild history talking point", at most they will laugh, and the number of people who believe it will not exceed one percent. There is no other reason, in the entertainment industry, there are countless kinds of gossip, but half of the things that have really happened, half of them have not, the hype is too big, under this general trend, people will believe it, then there are ghosts.
"Hmph, Oriental, you have a kind, but unfortunately a kind doesn't mean you can win! You are a 'waste' player who plays NBDL, how can you compare to me? You're going to regret that decision tonight, I promise! Tang Qian's reaction was obviously not in line with Bill's. Shagat's expectation was that the other party would shirk left and right, and it would be difficult to step down, but how did he know that Tang Qian actually agreed! In this way, Bill. Even if Shagat wanted to take back his cruel words, he couldn't take them back.
No, why should I take it back?
He agreed? Wouldn't that be better? Don't look at him now, he seems to be quite brave, but when the results come out, it will be his end!!
Hum!!! You're looking for your own death!! Then it's no wonder I'm Bill. Shagat !!
I'll get it back twice as much in the future for tonight's shame!!
"What about playing NBDL? What do you care about what I do, anyway, in the end, it just depends on who can earn 100 million dollars first, and the rest of the words, it's all nonsense. "For Bill. Shagat wants to play big, so Tang Qian will naturally accompany him.
If I can't win against you with the "alien space", then I don't deserve to lose everything!!
I took this bet!!
"You ......"
"Since you are so confident, then let's bet a little bigger, the losing side will not only quit the game, but all the salary in your career will be at the disposal of the other party, how about it?" Bill. Shagat said grimly.
"You're going to kill them all! But I agree, because I hate you too! I just hope you don't make too little money at that time, otherwise I will win the bet and there will be few jackpots! Tang Qian calmly fought back, for this Bill. Shagat, he really developed a sense of disgust.
Aren't you trying to push me into a corner? It's good that it just broke off my only remaining compassion!
I promise that I will let you know what it means to be cocooned!!
"Okay, I don't want to hear you say a word of bird language anymore, remember the game agreement we just made, the door is over there, so it's good to go." Tang Qian saw that this fat man was still talking nonsense, and immediately preemptively said.
"What? Do you have amnesia? Or do you want to do what you agreed to and get out of here??? ”
"You ......" due to the loss of the game, Bill. Shagat didn't have much confidence to argue with Tang Qian, and just as he was angry and attacked his face, Justin on the side. Bieber pulled him and said, "Let's go, Bill, we'll get it back again tonight!" ”
"Hmph, let's go!" Actually, Justin. Bieber doesn't say it, Bill. Shagat didn't have the face to stay any longer, and the former's words just gave him a step down. He opened his eyes wide, glared at Tang Qian fiercely, and then followed Justin without looking back. Bieber disappeared into the private lobby.
"Whew, all right, beautiful lady Taylor, I've done what I say, the flies have run away." After seeing Bill and Justin both leave the private hall, Tang Qian breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards Taylor. Swift smiled slightly.
PS: In fact, the contract rules of the NFL, more than that, in the entire competitive sports, its complexity and variability are absolutely extremely rare. For example, there is also a special part of the security part for injuries and illnesses, specifically for the economic level, in short, Xiaozi wrote it, just to let everyone know a little bit, after all, this Bill in the back, there is still a very heavy role~~~