I wouldn’t ordinarily bother talking about a quirk in the contract of a former Baltimore Ravens wide receiver, but since that former Ravens wide receiver also happens to be a prominent former member of the Pittsburgh Steelers—and since it’s rather amusing—I thought I would indulge myself today.
You may have actually heard about it, but former Steelers wide receiver Mike Wallace has a weight-based incentive in his new contract—and it’s absurd. He will receive a bonus of $585,000 if he weighs under 250 pounds. Today.
Wallace spent two seasons with the Ravens from 2016 to 2017 before signing a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles earlier this offseason, his fifth team since the Steelers drafted him in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft.