RENTON, Wash. (AP) – Linebacker Leroy Hill is taking a major pay cut to play for the Seattle Seahawks in 2010.
Hill, who is facing a one-game suspension for off-the-field issues, will have a base salary of $2.125 million for this season according to the NFL Players Association web site. Hill was previously scheduled to make $6 million in 2010 as part of a six-year deal Hill signed in April 2009 that could have been worth $38 million.
As part of the restructuring, the remaining years on Hill’s contract have been wiped out, making him a free agent following this season.
Seattle general manager John Schneider says both sides were “working toward a solution” following Hill’s off-the-field problems that included a marijuana-possession charge in Georgia and a domestic-violence arrest in the Seattle area.
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