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Rams | Team not making progress with Bruce's contract
Sun, 5 Mar 2006 10:45:19 -0800
<A href="http://www.kffl.com/link/185">Jim Thomas, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reports the St. Louis Rams have not been able to work out a restructured with WR Isaac Bruce. According to league sources, the contract impasse between Bruce and the Rams has reached the point where the club might release Bruce rather than carry his $10 million salary cap figure into the 2006 season. As things stand, Bruce is due a $1.5 million roster bonus Monday, March 6. Rather than pay that bonus Monday, the club is considering releasing Bruce in the absence of a new contract. The team is offering Bruce $9 million over three years, including $5 million this season in the form of roster bonus and signing bonus, according to league sources. Bruce is due $8.1 million alone in 2006 under his current contract, the last year of a seven- year deal signed in 2000. That $8.1 million breaks down as follows: the $1.5 million roster bonus; $6.5 million in base salary; and a $100,000 offseason workout bonus. Those close to Bruce say he would be willing to take a pay cut if the team was in a bad cap position, but the Rams are believed to be more than $10 million under the current projected cap of $94.5 million. Bruce's agent, Jimmy Sexton, said: "I know that Isaac really wants to finish his career as a Ram. Hopefully, something can be worked out."
Sun, 5 Mar 2006 10:45:19 -0800
<A href="http://www.kffl.com/link/185">Jim Thomas, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reports the St. Louis Rams have not been able to work out a restructured with WR Isaac Bruce. According to league sources, the contract impasse between Bruce and the Rams has reached the point where the club might release Bruce rather than carry his $10 million salary cap figure into the 2006 season. As things stand, Bruce is due a $1.5 million roster bonus Monday, March 6. Rather than pay that bonus Monday, the club is considering releasing Bruce in the absence of a new contract. The team is offering Bruce $9 million over three years, including $5 million this season in the form of roster bonus and signing bonus, according to league sources. Bruce is due $8.1 million alone in 2006 under his current contract, the last year of a seven- year deal signed in 2000. That $8.1 million breaks down as follows: the $1.5 million roster bonus; $6.5 million in base salary; and a $100,000 offseason workout bonus. Those close to Bruce say he would be willing to take a pay cut if the team was in a bad cap position, but the Rams are believed to be more than $10 million under the current projected cap of $94.5 million. Bruce's agent, Jimmy Sexton, said: "I know that Isaac really wants to finish his career as a Ram. Hopefully, something can be worked out."
