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Originally Posted by rcubed
usually that's just moving money around for cap purposes.
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Yes, when teams restructure contracts, it usually involves "cap math" where they are converting base salary into a bonus and prorating that bonus over future (sometimes voidable) years. In many cases, the player gets the money faster because they will usually get the bonus money upon agreeing to the restructure.
However, teams can also ask players to take a pay cut. Marvin Harrison was one example for the Colts, there are others as well.