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Unguaranteed Money In The Nfl: A Useful Tool For Risky Players, Wayne Simpson
Unguaranteed Money In The Nfl: A Useful Tool For Risky Players, Wayne Simpson
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This study is investigating whether or not the percentage of non‐guaranteed money or length in NFL contracts reflects how risky players are as judged by past statistics. While sports economists have completed numerous studies on the motivational power of incentives, a study trying to identify the riskiness of players to lead to the strategic use of non‐guaranteed money and length of contract is a new idea. Contract details were gathered for running backs and wide receivers on NFL rosters for the 2012 season from rotoworld.com. Players who were still on rookie contracts and who were primarily special teams players were …