Contract Extensions/Free Agency Signings

[billjoe439]

For example, if a player is 41 and goes to free agency, and you sign him at 10 points for 7 years, will you only have to pay his salary until he's 45 and then he retires, or will they take the extra salary and "pay" it to them? I guess I just want to know because I have Roger Clemens signed passed his 45 year mark and want to know if I will have to pay salary for the extra years past 45.

[takaplan]

No, you do not have to pay the player after he retires. However, if you release him, you would have to pay half of his 7 year contract, so you would be paying him.

Tom