The sideline has become a second home for Brady Quinn. Once his house is sold, he may have to live there full-time.
When Brady Quinn’s Ohio home went up on the market last week, many assumed it was because the third-year quarterback’s days in Cleveland were numbered. After all, how much faith can the Browns possibly have in him if they’re not willing to start him over Derek “2-for-17″ Anderson? However, according to ESPN.com’s James Walker, Quinn is set to lose up to $11 million in bonuses if he doesn’t take 70 percent of Cleveland’s offensive snaps this season, a mark that will likely escape him when he rides the pine in the Browns’ inevitable loss to Green Bay on Sunday. Perhaps he’s just selling the crib because he’s going broke.
As loaded as these guys are, it has to blow to lose out on a bonus like that, especially when the guy replacing you couldn’t hit water if he fell from a boat. I read last month Orlando Hudson’s contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers had an incentive to pay him $10,000 for every plate appearance after 575, meaning O-Dog, who stayed healthy this season, would’ve made about $40-50,000 in bonuses for each September game he played. The problem, however, was that he lost considerable playing time to the red-hot Ronnie Belliard late in the season. Again, I figure Hudson is doing alright already, but it has to be tough sitting on the bench knowing you could make a cool $10,000 for about two minutes of work in the batter’s box. To the Dodgers’ credit, Belliard started all eight playoff games, meaning they weren’t simply benching Hudson to save dough.
So, there you have it — as rich as these guys are, they could be a lot richer. Next time you complain about how much money pro athletes make, think of the poor souls like Quinn and Hudson.
