I think so. They just signed Greg Hardy to an incentive rich one year deal.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/18/greg-hardy-signs-one-year-deal-with-cowboys/
Greg Hardy signs one-year deal with Cowboys
Posted by Mike Florio on March 18, 2015, 3:54 PM EDT
AP
It took eight days, but the best pass rusher on the open market finally has a new deal.
Per a league source, defensive end Greg Hardy has signed with the Cowboys.
It's a one-year contract, which carries a salary of $750,000. He can
earn up to a total of $13.1 million (which was his base salary as
Carolina's franchise player in 2014) through a series of per-game roster
bonuses, incentives, and a large workout bonus.
Specifically, Hardy can earn a workout bonus of $1.3116 million, a
whopping $9.25 million in per-game roster bonuses, and $1.8044 million
in incentives based on sacks.
The Cowboys chose to keep the base salary as low as possible in the
event that another incident or accusation against Hardy puts him back on
the Commissioner's-Exempt list for all or part of the 2015 season. The
thinking is that the Cowboys would only owe him game checks and not
per-game roster bonuses if he's suspended with pay.
At last check, the league had not resolved the question of whether a
player would be entitled to per-game roster bonuses and other items of
compensation tied to playing in games while on the Commissioner's-Exempt
list. Either the NFL and NFLPA have agreed that a player on the
Commissioner's-Exempt list gets salary only or the Cowboys are preparing
for that eventuality.
It's also possible that the contract contains specific language in
which Hardy waives his right to anything except base salary, if placed
on the Commissioner's-Exempt list. If the NFL and NFLPA have yet to
resolve that question, it's presumably a topic that player and team
could negotiate on their own.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/18/greg-hardy-signs-one-year-deal-with-cowboys/
Greg Hardy signs one-year deal with Cowboys
Posted by Mike Florio on March 18, 2015, 3:54 PM EDT
It took eight days, but the best pass rusher on the open market finally has a new deal.
Per a league source, defensive end Greg Hardy has signed with the Cowboys.
It's a one-year contract, which carries a salary of $750,000. He can
earn up to a total of $13.1 million (which was his base salary as
Carolina's franchise player in 2014) through a series of per-game roster
bonuses, incentives, and a large workout bonus.
Specifically, Hardy can earn a workout bonus of $1.3116 million, a
whopping $9.25 million in per-game roster bonuses, and $1.8044 million
in incentives based on sacks.
The Cowboys chose to keep the base salary as low as possible in the
event that another incident or accusation against Hardy puts him back on
the Commissioner's-Exempt list for all or part of the 2015 season. The
thinking is that the Cowboys would only owe him game checks and not
per-game roster bonuses if he's suspended with pay.
At last check, the league had not resolved the question of whether a
player would be entitled to per-game roster bonuses and other items of
compensation tied to playing in games while on the Commissioner's-Exempt
list. Either the NFL and NFLPA have agreed that a player on the
Commissioner's-Exempt list gets salary only or the Cowboys are preparing
for that eventuality.
It's also possible that the contract contains specific language in
which Hardy waives his right to anything except base salary, if placed
on the Commissioner's-Exempt list. If the NFL and NFLPA have yet to
resolve that question, it's presumably a topic that player and team
could negotiate on their own.
