What're the guidelines to maintaining an "evenly distributed" contract offer? Trying to get creative with the structure of it and sometimes it takes and sometimes it says:

Error: This contract is not evenly distributed. Please distribute the money evenly and then resubmit your offer.

"In a two-year contract, neither season can comprise more than 60% of the total value of the contract. In a three-year contract, no season can comprise more than 40% of the total value of the contract. In a four-year contract, no season can comprise more than 30% of the total value of the contract. In a five-year contract, no season can comprise more than 25% or less than 10% of the total value of the contract. There is a maximum allowable offer of $20 million for any season. The minimum for any season is the minimum annual salary at that level. For the big leagues, this is 325K. "
When you are on the player's negotiation page and hit help, you will be able to refer to this guideline.

Fyi, the "total value of the contract" does not include bonus. So if you wanted to offer 50mil total, you could give 10mil as a bonus and distribute the remaining 40mil as per the guidelines above.

Thanks.