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One of the local Tweeters here in Denver just recently shot over this question regarding Performance-Based Pay (PBP); eyeondenver @youreyeondenver15 May "@Ted_Sundquist Wouldn't mind some detail about bonus checks players rec after season based on CBA - how calculated, who's eligible..." Performance-Based Pay Performance-Based Pay just happens to be the next item on the list of NFL Player Benefits that are deducted from Player Cost … [Read more...]
J.P. Fox is back to The Football Educator. Here he presents his personal analysis of the Dallas Cowboys 2013 NFL Draft and which picks are most likely to project as difference makers in the coming season. Draft observers all around the country had speculated that the Cowboys would go heavy rebuilding the offensive line and adding additional pieces to the defensive line. With Tony Romo constantly running for his life and a defense switching to … [Read more...]
The Football Educator continues to break down Player Benefits, which when subtracted from the total of Player Cost Amounts will give us the annual NFL Salary Cap and the parameters that guide financial roster building in professional football. As paraphrased from the CBA; Severance Pay Only players with two or more Credited Seasons, at least one of which is for a season occurring in 1993 through 2020, will be eligible for severance … [Read more...]
Part 2 of a piece The Football Educator began on Player Benefits (NFL Salary Cap - Counting on Player Benefits) and defining those amounts that are subsequently subtracted from Player Cost Amounts to determine the annual NFL Salary Cap. The list picks up below; Funding for worker’s compensation, payroll, unemployment compensation, social security taxes – These tax based expenses are normally incurred by businesses regardless of the … [Read more...]
Guest writer Christine J. Jones, a researcher at Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine Center, is back to show The Football Educator how "what & when you eat" as a football player can contribute to regulating one of your best performance enhancements - SLEEP. Using Nutrition for Better Sleep in the Football Player It is fairly common for the health conscious athlete to spend time and money customizing his or her diet for … [Read more...]
The Football Educator’s last 3 posts have centered on defining the idea of “Revenue” and the various sources throughout the National Football League’s business operations that help to fill the so called “buckets”. We’ve examined where the money is generated from, what various efforts by ownership are allowed as credits, and the obscure, sometimes unseen rules that pick and poke at that overall revenue number. Robbing Peter to … [Read more...]
You’d expect a game with such obscurities in its rule book as “The Tuck Rule”, “Excessive Celebrations” and “Illegal Substitutions” to have similar complexities within its accounting system and the National Football League’s Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) doesn’t let you down. As we explore how the NFL’s Salary Cap is calculated we have to first understand the ingredients that go into the recipe. The equation is … [Read more...]
So we pick up off the last post that laid the foundation for establishing the yearly Player Cost Amount through a summation of percentages of League Media, NFL Ventures/Postseason, Local, and any new business project revenues. Joint Contribution Amounts to fund player programs for retired NFL Veterans, medical research and charitable ventures are then subtracted from that revenue sum and a subsequent Stadium Credit is applied, and therefore … [Read more...]
With so much fascination and interest in the economics of professional football, I thought it was high time to start a series of posts on the NFL Salary Cap, NFL Player Contracts, and the dynamics that affect a GM’s handling of both. So the best place to start is to truly define what pieces of the puzzle go into making the NFL’s Salary Cap for all 32 teams. For some of the more hardcore NFL fans this may be a review, but for many of you … [Read more...]
Frank Martin is back to give us his insight into the NFC South's winners and losers in the 2013 NFL Draft. Here is the last of the four from this ultra-competitive division (against one another), the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. NFC South Breakdown If you are like me, then this past weekend was your favorite weekend of the spring… Three days of non-stop discussion about 40 times and short shuttles… 7 rounds of analysts saying: “this … [Read more...]
