Wouldn‘t you be better off negotiating a guaranteed pool of NIL money than your own yearly income. Think about it. Whatever the amount is now increase it by 1 million. You have to keep that million for subsequent years. I’m sure there’s some subtraction due to attrition. Then add to it every year. Sure there’s a budget. make the numbers work. But if an up and comer takes 2 million less a year in years 3,4,5 Instead of negotiating for a bigger contract, well that investment could pay off in 1 year in a gig with a big boy gig.
