Love and hate for the former Cardinal

Warner left about as much money on the table as he received. I believe between salary and bonus he didn’t get about $11 million of it.

However, for what he did for this franchise (on and off the field) I wouldn’t have any issue with him taking the entire amount.

that for a person that seemed from game one of the season that he had made up his mind that this was his last season and he made more then eleven this year i love the guy and wish more were like him. but he did not fullfill his contract and thats what im saying. The title was the love and hate for the guy. i love what he has done and am thankfull for him and his contrabutions to the community and the team. but the hate is that he could play one more year and for the money that i paid and the money that the rest of the fans payed that in return payed his contract and made it possiable that he gives back. i am just saying as a fan that is angry and i have every right to be this way with out your critisism so if you cant see that then at least give me a break.

You need at least 2 partie, to AGREE on a contract.
Rod Graves knew exactly what he was giving into.
Jeez, man, you won’t Kurt to not remember what he had for breakfast yesterday?
Guarenteed, Favre as awesome as he still is, is going to have a mean mean mean post-football life, physically and mentally.
Warner is being smart, the guy has 22 kids, theres more to life than football.
Would you stay at your job if you risked having serious life issues from your job, keep in mind, your nest egg is already fat as well???

You really need to do an internet search with maybe “Kurt Warner Retires Signing Bonus” before posting crap like this.

Warner’s deal was set up so he got exactly 50% the first year and 50% the second year. The possibility of only playing one year was discussed at length in his contract negotiations.

His base salary was $4M each year and he was to get $15M for signing spread out equally over the two years ($23M Total). The signing bonus and first year were guaranteed meaning if he got hurt the day after he signed he got everything but the year 2 base salary, so they say $19M of the $23 was guaranteed. If a player retires, he may not get all the guaranteed money depending on how the contract is worded.

Actually KW could have gone out and got a doctor to say he should never play again and pocketed another $7.5M over the next year or waited until later to retire and likely nabbed a roster bonus for showing up at training camp then retiring.

Sorry for picking on you DaCards, but I’m so f’ing tired of seeing fan posts with facts that are just plain wrong on ROTB. If you are going to include facts in your fan post, PLEASE CHECK THEM or ask someone how much he was getting of the $23M before teeing off. KW is a class act that you are not worthy to criticize.

u dont have to agree with me and if you break down the post i said i love him but i fill a little jipped. I said im just ranting and said something like 14 mil wich hardly saying this is 100% fact anyway thats how i felt when i wrote this babble. so chill bro and dont dwell on it

He gave his all to the Cardinals organization and then decided to hang up his cleats for his long term health and his family. Kurt’s actions are extremely commendable and deserve respect. Oh and by the way if it isn’t known by now he left 11.5 million on the table by retiring.