Colts’ Manning Joins Top Pays, Rookie Newton Loses Under CBA
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Indianapolis Colts’ Peyton Manning signed a new contract said to match the salary of the National Football League’s highest-paid quarterback, while the terms of a new agreement between owners and players may have cost No. 1 draft pick Cam Newton several million dollars.
After a 4 ½-month lockout, teams began signing drafted and undrafted rookies July 26. Two days later they could waive their own players and two days ago they could sign free agents and renegotiate contracts within their current rosters.