Vita Vea's Contract Conundrum Exposes Buccaneers' Salary Cap Woes The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are facing a salary cap crisis, one that threatens to disrupt their already precarious roster balance.
Defensive tackle Vita Vea has requested a trade after contract talks stalled, his agent Collin Roberts revealed on Monday. Vea's situation is far from ordinary.
Entering his final year on a four year, $71 million contract, he stands to earn $17 million this season – but with no guarantee of payment beyond that.