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The Football Educator recently addressed the elimination of option bonuses in rookie contracts and the effect this had on the upper selections of the first round in the annual NFL Draft. Option & roster bonuses provided loopholes to circumnavigate rookie pool restrictions on NFL Clubs as they signed their rookie class under the NFL Salary Cap for a given season. Contracts were constructed with nominal year one costs to abide by rookie … [Read more...]
The National Football League has gone through extensive changes over the past few seasons (on and off the field). The League’s front office and Competition Committee have taken progressive steps toward the safety of NFL players with extensive rule changes applied to techniques long thought to be just “part of the game”. The extension of the Collective Bargaining Agreement ensured measures to guard the health and welfare of the NFL’s … [Read more...]
The 2013 NFL Draft was historic from an offensive tackle perspective. There have been years where two or three tackles were selected in the Top 10 of the first round (most recently in 2009), but perimeter OL’s at picks one, two, and four is unheard of. Traditionally this stratus is usually reserved for the “skilled” of the college player pool; quarterbacks, defensive corners, wide receivers. Sign of the times? A recent national post … [Read more...]
So perhaps we learned a few things with the last few posts on Player Cost Amounts and Player Benefits that we didn’t realize were the responsibility of NFL ownerships. Quite a bit of the NFL owners’ revenues go into the various programs set aside for past veteran players, and for continuing research on concussion and head trauma. Money is poured into the funding of new stadium efforts and to ensure careers cut short by injury aren’t just … [Read more...]
For those of you that regularly visit The Football Educator you've probably noticed a series of 9 somewhat "mundane" posts dealing with the various inputs into and definitions of Player Cost Amounts and Player Benefits. These are the two primary contributors into calculating the annual NFL Salary Cap as legislated by the recent extension of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the League (NFL) and the Players' Union (NFLPA). I saw a … [Read more...]
The Football Educator looks at the final 3 Player Benefits as they relate to the overall total used in the equation to calculate the annual NFL Salary Cap. The following is paraphrased from the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Player Benefits - The Rookie Redistribution Fund In each League Year of this Agreement, the NFL and the NFLPA shall create a fund known as the Rookie Redistribution Fund that will be treated in the same manner as any … [Read more...]
Let’s continue the Player Benefits list. Player Benefits are subtracted directly from Player Cost Amounts to get to the annual Salary Cap number for each NFL Club. Only until we reach that level of understanding can we move forward with specifically how NFL GM’s maneuver and manage the financial constraints placed upon building an annual NFL roster. The Tuition Assistance Plan The League and the Player’s Union have gone out of their … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
