when an nfl team fires a head coach do they always have to pay out the contract?
79055
If the coach does not break any part of the contract then yes they have to, but if no then they have to pay them
601815
Yes.  And how can the teams pay the athletes?  FROM US FANS!
1032258
OK the one basically had it correct. You put a guy on waivers and that is just before free agency. You say Hey anyone want this dude at this contract. Every team in the league has the chance to then pick them up at that contract. If they all say nah then the player goes back to the team. If someone picks him up then they have to pay the player at the contract of the team that put him on waivers. You don't have to give them anything else. It is a little like a free agency. If the player clears waivers then the team has to figure out what to do with them but have to pay the contract. They are saying they will try to buy it out.
740928
Ummm... am i the only one who sees this as being simple? well, if you were good BEFORE this coach, and have sucked since he got there, then maybe they should fire the coach? ya think? maybe?\n\nA good coach that inherits a good team that has good players, does NOT start losing with a good team. If he changed the System with a team that was successful running a certain system, then he is an idiot and should be removed. I mean, cmon! atleast wait til the seniors on the team graduate before you start changing things.
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The lions are for sure looking for a coach after firing heir coach. Houston may end up firing Dom Capers after such poor season. New Orleans and Oakland look like they will fire their coaches, Oaklands offense should have does much better and do I need to say much about New Orleans? \n\nThe Ravens coach Brian Billick is on the hot seat because of the bad development of Kyle Boller, who has not done much good as a QB and a real bad season. I think we'll have to wait to see will is fired and the off-season before we'll get a good idea of posable replacements.
950382
I have never seen a problem in my years of Madden with clearing the salary cap.  The penalty comes from dividing the signing bonus by the number of years.  I don't think they have enough in the game to penalize because of the penalties.
912727
No they are not paid on how well they play in each game they are paid this amount of money because of the talent they have, and if they fail to perform at the end of the contract they will be transfered or put on a free transfer witch i would say is like being "sacked" so they have to play well to carry on being paid this money. Be a bit unfair to just stop wages all together imagine having all them huge bills to pay from the expensive house and nice car's and going through a bad patch they could end up losing it all and having to start over. Going from £200,000 to £0 a week\n\nDon't get me wrong they are paid crazy amounts of money but we wouldn't be complaining if it was us!
570144
Well nothing said of the pay they get but my best guess would be to start issuing team fines for those who don't come to practice. What happens if your team doesn't have 25 players? After all some players might get pissed and quit when they start getting punished for it.
528070
Though the concept is the same, the particulars behind each expansion draft format is different. Sometimes teams will pay a bigger entry fee to the league and get more favorable expansion draft rules. Other times they may pay less of a fee and get less favorable expansion draft rules.\nThe last NFL expansion was the Hoston Texans, the rules for their expansion draft were as follows:\n\n\nThe new Houston Texans, set to begin play in 2002, can select 30 to 42 players and are required to use $27.02M (38% of the $71.1M cap) in the draft. Restricted Free Agents (RFAs) do not count toward either.\n\nRules and Eligibility Requirements \nOf the five players, each of the 31 clubs can expose only one who was placed on injured reserve after the start of the 2001 season and only one who has 10 or more years of free agency experience. \nPlayers must not be a punter or a kicker. \nTeams have the option to remove one player from the list after the first player is taken and can remove the last two after a second player is taken. This is not mandatory and the teams can allow more players to be taken off their roster.
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He deserves the punishment he's been given.  Let him sit it out this year (and still get paid a ridculous sum of money) and maybe that will set him straight.\n\nGreat player, I agree, but calling your teammates out on a regular basis isn't cool.  The Eagles did what was right.
443397
They get paid for the contract they sign.
4876
Players are paid what the market offers.  Team owners generally overpay players in fear that the player may sign elsewhere.  I don't have a problem with a football player getting $2 million.  The average career of a football player is 4.5 seasons.  If that player is injured, and cannot work, then I can justify their salary.  As long as we the Suckers, keep buying tickets, jerseys, memorabilia and the like, then pro players will be overpaid.
1002642
Everyone on the team gets one. This includes the coaching staff, and GM.
94938
It means that a team can resign that player for the average of the top 10 player salaries at that position.1 year contract and the money is not guarenteed untill the 1st game of the regular season.
1100337
It varies from person to person, all depending on their contract.  Most teams don't have a set bonus for each player.  Some players have a clause saying they'll get an extra month or two salary, others may get no bonus at all, at least officially.
44324
Why wouldn't they be upset.  They worked through an entire season and aren't going to accomplish their goal.  All NFL teams have one goal, the Superbowl.  I'd be upset if I was a Buccaneer right now, and not playing.
189728
When a team looses free agents, not by releasing them, depending on how they perform they can recieve picks for them.  It is kinda a guess work as to exactly how.  The league commitee or something just gives them out.  Like the other guys said, a secret formula.