Gunzlingr
12-27-2003, 08:44 AM
Call it a green Christmas for Washington Redskins star linebacker LaVar Arrington.
Arrington on Friday agreed to a new eight-year contract worth about $60 million, including $20 million in signing bonuses. The new deal, which was first reported by ESPN.com and which the team announced as an extension, runs through the 2011 season.
This contract replaces his current deal, which technically ran through the 2006 campaign but as Arrington had reached enough of the predetermined performance levels to void the final year, essentially had two years remaining.
Arrington will receive $15.5 million of the signing bonus immediately and will receive an additional $4.5 million in spring 2006. The deal is somewhat similar in structure to one signed by Tampa Bay defensive end Simeon Rice last summer.
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Arrington on Friday agreed to a new eight-year contract worth about $60 million, including $20 million in signing bonuses. The new deal, which was first reported by ESPN.com and which the team announced as an extension, runs through the 2011 season.
This contract replaces his current deal, which technically ran through the 2006 campaign but as Arrington had reached enough of the predetermined performance levels to void the final year, essentially had two years remaining.
Arrington will receive $15.5 million of the signing bonus immediately and will receive an additional $4.5 million in spring 2006. The deal is somewhat similar in structure to one signed by Tampa Bay defensive end Simeon Rice last summer.
more (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=1694367)