A high level free agent has 8 teams that want him. Team A says "Everyone will pay you 15 million and so will we, but we will throw in some extra OFF THE BOOKS compensation".
A house, apartment building, cash, business or whatever. Homeboy gets promised a little something extra on the side and it doesn't hurt the cap.
OR
I can see Team A saying "We will give you 5 million after you are done playing for us, ask Mike Jones and Steve Jackson if we really will come through".
Homeboy asks Mike and Steve and everything checks out. Homeboy signs the contract.
Who says Team A can't give money out after the player is done?
Do you think anything like this has ever happened? I think Dallas and the Rams have done it.
A house, apartment building, cash, business or whatever. Homeboy gets promised a little something extra on the side and it doesn't hurt the cap.
OR
I can see Team A saying "We will give you 5 million after you are done playing for us, ask Mike Jones and Steve Jackson if we really will come through".
Homeboy asks Mike and Steve and everything checks out. Homeboy signs the contract.
Who says Team A can't give money out after the player is done?
Do you think anything like this has ever happened? I think Dallas and the Rams have done it.