Idle Curiosity About Hypothetical "Lost Season"

[Moriarty]

Probably nobody here knows. Maybe the league doesn't even have provisions for this.


But I'm wondering - suppose 2020 NFL season doesn't happen.

Does a GM who just gave a guy a 4 yr deal get 21/22/23/24 instead?
More likely, I'm assuming everything is tied to specific years, so 2020 is voided and you just get the remaining 21/22/23?

Do players get paid if there's no season and it wasn't the league's call?

I assume signing bonuses are stilling being paid out at time of signing, right?
So wouldn't that mean players would care even more about signing bonus now than they usually do?
And less about 2020 salary?

For example, a contract structure like 20M up front with salaries of 1/10/10/10 might be really appealing, if you think the upcoming year is just going to magically vanish.

Would the league try and reclaim a proportion of a signing bonus already paid, if the season doesn't happen? That could get fascinating.



Just trying to occupy myself with less serious thoughts.

Like games involving people with way, way, way too much money to begin with.

[Moriarty]

Oh.
Maybe this should be in the NFL Forum.
Sorry bout that.

[wab]

I'd imagine there would have to be some sort of "games played" provision in the contracts. Not sure how all that would go honestly.

[Middleguard]

WAB edit: let’s keep it to football

[southdakbearfan]

I would suspect some minimal compensation but that actual contracts could toll.