OT: New NFL wage scale.

Submitted by Baldbill on July 29th, 2011 at 10:52 AM

Here is the new NFL league minimums as I read through the contract. Thought maybe some would like to see it.

Year 0 is the rookie year.

Year	2011	2012	2013	2014
0	375k	390k	405k	420k
1	450k	465k	480k	495k
2	525k	540k	555k	570k
3	600k	615k	630k	645k
4-6	685k	700k	715k	730k
7-9	810k	825k	840k	855k
10+	910k	925k	940k	955k

Edit: Added the 3 previous years scale

Year	2008	2009	2010
0	295k	310k	325k
1	370k	385k	400k
2	445k	460k	475k
3	520k	535k	550k
4-6	605k	620k	635k
7-9	730k	745k	760k
10+	830k	845k	860k

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Dreisbach1817

July 29th, 2011 at 10:54 AM ^

Can someone explain how the NFL will be run differently post-strike? in essence, what did the holdout change? Aside from this minimum scale and rookie salaries.

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Gobluegr

July 29th, 2011 at 10:59 AM ^

Stopped talk of 18 games Set up salary cap and salary minimum, this should even out the competition a little Added stability for the next ten years Helped us realize how we never know how much we love something until it is taken away

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JeepinBen

July 29th, 2011 at 11:00 AM ^

The owners wanted more $$, so they changed the revenue split so that the owners get more $$.

The players got better healthcare (lifetime benefits, I believe it used to be only 5 years after you retire) and other safety-related changes (time off, practice hours, no more 2-a-days in pads)

A bunch of lawyers made a bunch of $$ off both sides

Rookie Wages have been scaled back.

Free agency starts after 4 years (used to be 5 I believe)

Rookies are going to face all kinds of struggles this year without offseason workouts/playbooks. Same with 1st year coaches.

Expect the preseason games to be uglier than normal. Expect the first 2-4 weeks of games to be ugly as well.

All from memory - feel free to add/correct info

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JeepinBen

July 29th, 2011 at 10:57 AM ^

So if we assume someone plays the average career length (3.something) years at the minimum:

375+465+555 = $1,395,000 in earnings over the 3 year career. Not bad, assuming a middling min-level player graduated with a 4 year degree that's a pretty good start to a career. It's not the mind-boggling numbers that people associate with pro athletes, but it's good work if you can get it for a bit. Hopefully players can be like Brandon Graham and be smart with their $$

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Elmer

July 29th, 2011 at 12:18 PM ^

I was hoping the amounts would be a little higher. I'm going to have to retain my amatuer status.

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turd ferguson

July 29th, 2011 at 11:00 AM ^

Interesting. I don't know what it was before, but I wonder if the rookie-veteran disparity might hurt a lot of veterans (i.e. lead to premature retirement). If you're a low-wage vet, you'd have to convince a team to pay you almost 3x as much as a rookie with a lot more years ahead of him and room to grow. I'd actually want teams to be able to pay me much less than that (unless minimum contracts don't count toward the cap or something).

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JeepinBen

July 29th, 2011 at 11:02 AM ^

I think that only the top 51 or so contracts count against the cap, your last few dont. I think it's 51 but I'm not sure.

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Baldbill

July 29th, 2011 at 11:16 AM ^

There are 53 players listed on a teams final roster, but only 45 can dress on game day. Not sure how this is worked into salary cap issues.

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Michael Scarn

July 29th, 2011 at 1:18 PM ^

Small point, but rosters are now up to 46 this year from 45. They eliminated the emergency 3rd QB rule and bumped rosters up 1 to accomodate.

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jshclhn

July 29th, 2011 at 11:00 AM ^

Those making the minimum are probably the biggest winners in this new CBA.

The cap hardly changed from the previous agreement, but those at the bottom of the food chain are getting a larger percentage of the pie.

I'm sure other readers would be interested in adding a column or two for historical perspective - at least 2010 and 2009. Offhand, I want to say the absolute minimum for 2010 was low $300k's.

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