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Aaron Jones agrees to $5M paycut to stay with Packers in 2023

Pro Bowl running back Aaron Jones will be back with the Green Bay Packers on a reduced salary in 2023. 

Pro Bowl running back Aaron Jones will be back with the Green Bay Packers on a reduced salary in 2023.

According to ESPN, Jones and the Packers agreed to cut Jones’ salary by $5 million as part of a re-worked deal, which will reduce his salary cap hit in 2023 and ensure he stays in Green Bay for at least one more season and likely two.

The Packers turned Jones’ $7 million roster bonus into a signing bonus and lowered his base salary to create the cap savings in 2023.

In 2022, Jones rushed for a career-high 1,121 yards, posted his third season with 1,000 or more rushing yards on 250 or fewer carries and caught five touchdown passes. He was also the team’s nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award and the Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award.

General manager Brian Gutekunst made it clear that the Packers wanted Jones back in 2023, but a $20 million cap hit with $16 million in total salary created a legitimate hurdle. This new adjusted deal clears the financial hurdle, keeping an elite player in Green Bay and helping the team’s salary cap issues.

Jones is still under contract for 2023 and 2024, with void years in place in 2025 and 2026 for salary cap purposes. The new deal could clear as much as $11 million off the team’s cap in 2023 and will significantly help Gutekunst get under the salary cap by the start of the new league year in March.

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How would you spend $3.15 million after winning the U.S. Open? We asked the fans.

Fans had varying answers to the $3.15 million question.

The 122nd U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts has a record purse of $17.5 million, the largest in major championship history.

First place will take home $3,150,000, which is nearly a million more than last year’s payout when Jon Rahm took home $2,250,000.

Whether you’re a professional player or a fan outside the ropes, this amount of money can change anyone’s life. We asked fans what they would do if they won the $3,150,000 on Instagram, and their answers varied.

Take a look at some of their colorful answers from quitting their jobs, traveling the world or buying… bananas?

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Prize money for the 2022 U.S. Open: Winner to make more than $2.2 million, second more than $1 million

The winner of the 122nd U.S. Open will make serious bank. Second-place money is also in the seven figures.

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BROOKLINE, Mass. — The third men’s major of the year headed towards the weekend at Brookline, Massachusetts, at The Country Club, a beautiful New England golf course just outside Boston.

The field is not only competing for a historic title but a historic paycheck as well.

The winner of the 122nd U.S. Open this Sunday will receive a check for more than $2.2 million — $2,250,000 to be exact. The runner-up will go home with more than $1 million.

For comparison, Justin Thomas took home $2.7 million last month after winning the PGA Championship. Scottie Scheffler also earned $2.7 million in April for winning the Masters.

Here’s the full breakdown of payouts for the 2022 U.S. Open:

Finish Money
1 $2,250,000
2 $1,350,00
3 $861,457
4 $603,903
5 $502,993
6 $445,997
7 $402,083
8 $360,113
9 $325,916
10 $299,360
11 $273,194
12 $252,597
13 $235,369
14 $217,234
15 $201,689
16 $188,735
17 $178,372
18 $168,009
19 $157,646
20 $147,283
21 $138,345
22 $129,407
23 $120,728
24 $112,697
25 $105,702
26 $99,743
27 $95,209
28 $91,194
29 $87,308
30 $83,422
31 $79,535
32 $75,649
33 $71,763
34 $68,266
35 $65,416
36 $62,566
37 $59,846
38 $57,255
39 $54,664
40 $52,074
41 $49,483
42 $46,892
43 $44,301
44 $41,711
45 $39,120
46 $36,788
47 $34,456
48 $32,254
49 $30,959
50 $29,664
51 $28,886
52 $28,239
53 $27,720
54 $27,461
55 $27,202
56 $26,943
57 $26,684
58 $26,425
59 $26,166
60 $25,907

The U.S. Golf Association does provide a $10,000 paycheck for everyone who misses the cut but that does not count as official money.

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A simple scoring error in an Illinois State game is a huge headache for sportsbooks everywhere

The nightmare scenario strikes again

While most bettors on Saturday were sweating out the Army-Navy game or prepping their parlays for Week 14 of NFL action, sportsbooks around the country were focusing in on an otherwise unimportant men’s basketball game between Illinois State and Chicago State.

It wasn’t really the play on the court that caught the attention of gamblers, but instead an extremely bizarre accounting error on the scoreboard. Somehow, a single made free throw by Illinois State with 40 seconds remaining in regulation was not reflected in the final score. That one point likely had bettors going wild as the Redbirds won, 80-71, but failed to cover a 10-point consensus spread.

The line may have shifted depending on sportsbook (Tipico and Caesars were among those offering ISU -9.5), but the impact was all the same. And it left bettors and books asking the same question:

How could this happen?

Video from the game shows Illinois State’s Josiah Strong made both free throws, though only one was recorded. The two teams continued to play, ending the game before the score could be adjusted.

Strong noticed the mishap, too, and probably wants his point back as much as anyone. Whatever led to the mistake had a number of books trying to correct the issue over the weekend.

PointsBet decided to payout all bets on either side of the spread. Caesars did, too.

Fortunately, there was no residual impact on the Over/Under. The over 137.5 cashed easily.

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