<em>Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham</em> <p>If <a href=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=112>Brett Favre</a> wants to play football again, he won't need to go through any crazy machinations like he did last year. All t
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Yes it does mean they can cut him after he retired as the Jets (not the Packers) did with Favre. Again retirement is abandoning the contract so the team has a right to release themselves from the obligation without penalty.
A week after announcing his return to the Packers, QB Aaron Rodgers signed an extension that includes about $150 million in guaranteed money over the first three years.
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Rodgers filed an extension. Extensions do not tear up old contracts. They add to years to existing contract. So Pack would still be able to recoup money from any SB not yet allocated from that old contract which is about 6-7m.
As for the roster bonus, most roster bonuses pay out immediately. As this pays out over time it is treated as a SB for cap purposes. So I do not think it is as clear cut as the agent is claiming that they cant recoup. You are talking about Rodgers purposefully shitting on the Pack so if I were them I would go after it. You are also saying paying back SB goes arbitration but then pretend the Pack just sit idly by on the roster bonus. No if they are upset with him they likely go to arbitration and argue the substance of the option is that it is delayed signing bonus hence why it is allocated over the life of the remaining contract.
The point is it is clear teams void guaranteee in contracts for retirememt. You are talking as if it is not possible the Pack did it. I am offerring my opinion and concede I dont know for sure.
So in the end you and I dont know and until it happens this is just a fantasy and I still have no clue why Rodgers would be so petty. So let's revisit if this non-sense actually happens.