Injury pay cuts and limited leverage: five brutal truths about NFL contracts

Deals for tens of millions of dollars make headlines. But they contain plenty of caveats, and lesser known players are offered few protections

The cardiac arrest suffered by the Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin during a game earlier this month and his future financial prospects shone a spotlight on contract conditions in the NFL - America's most lucrative major league but also its least generous. Here are a few of the more striking facts about players' working conditions.