Here's the actual dollar amounts on what four game suspensions will cost three Saints.
Deuce McAllister will forfeit $471,000 in base pay. This is 4/17th's of Deuce's 2 million dollar base pay. Deuce will also forfeit rosters bonuses of about $162,000 dollars. As part of his reworked deal in April of '08, Deuce agreed to a roster bonus of $40,625 per game.
Will Smith will forfeit $165,000 in base pay. But, because of his four game suspension for violation of league policy, Smith will forfeit salary enhancements of : $1.070 million in 2009, and $930,000 in 2010.
Charles Grant will forfeit $176,000 in base pay. In question this season are two bonuses that the Saints could try and retrieve. They are a $100,000 workout bonus and an $814,000 roster bonus.