NFL.COM TODAY JULY 19
RICKY DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER
Before the Dolphins report to training camp next Sunday, July 24, there still is some significant bookkeeping to be done. Running back
Ricky Williams is scheduled to earn $3.7 million in base salary, yet there is language in his contract that, based on his prior behavior, could reduce his salary figure to $540,000. But if his four-game suspension is tacked on, that would lower Williams' salary to $405,000 -- and somewhere around $275,000 after taxes. Under no circumstances does Williams plan to spend the coming season playing for $405,000, that is a certainty.
Then there is the matter of the $8.6 million that an arbitrator ruled Williams owes the Dolphins for walking out on them. But that money was actually incentives and rollovers built into Williams' contract, not signing bonuses. Still, however it is figured, the Dolphins and Williams must figure out how they want to handle it and, as of Thursday, Williams' agent Leigh Steinberg insisted that the two sides hadn't even addressed the issue. Nor had they addressed Williams' salary. So before or during training camp, there are plenty of money matters to work out.
