Rumor: Nate Clements to 49ers.

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Originally Posted by Rexi

Do you think 80 million is his base salary or something?

Rexi. He gets paid a salary also. The SB is up front money. As in: "here's a check for 22 mil, sign the contract and it is yours." Most of the rest of the contract is salary which he earns when actually playing. By the end of the first season he will have made more than 1/4 of the money.