Charvarius Ward…through the looking glass

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

If they tried to get money back from a player who had to retire due to injury, they’d never get another free agent to come here again.

And I wouldn’t blame any player who refused to sign here.

No doubt. If he decides to retire and we go after the remaining 2 years of his signing bonus then we can kiss ever signing a decent UFA good bye.

As for Kray's original questions:

Ward's career earnings to date are $68M, so as long as he's been at least somewhat responsible with his money then he can easily afford to retire.

Also, his cap hit for '26 is $20M w/ $5M guaranteed salary with the remaining $8M of his salary becoming guaranteed on 3/17. The remaining portion of his signing bonus is ~$13.5M, so as long as he doesn't receive his guaranteed salary the the Colts would save ~$6.5M in cap space.