Braylon Edwards next season?

Don · Nov 27, 2009

SettlerDawg said: ↑

The uncapped year allows you to recognize every player's signing bonus in the current year. Say, for example, that Gholston received a $20 million signing bonus. He would have received all of that money up front, but there's no way to fit the signing bonus under the cap. Therefore, you amortize (split up) the $20 million over the life of his contract. Now that there is no cap, we can recognize his entire signing bonus and we won't go over the cap (since there is no cap).
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He did receive 20 mil in guaranteed money so that is all that matters. Of course no cap will mean every team will spend less, probably much less, and not more in an uncapped year.

Hobbes3259 · Nov 27, 2009

flgreen said: ↑

It doesn't really matter but,

The RFA tender amounts are as follows:

Compensation
Amount

Original Draft Round
$1.01 Million

2nd Round Pick
$1.545 Million

1st Round Pick
$2.198 Million

1st & 3rd Round Pick
$2.792 Million

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/2009-restricted-free-agent-tenders.html
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Dude, (I'm not being a dick)...You need to understand what you're looking at.

That chart is telling you what the team that loses the player in terms of the salary of the player they lose.

Edwards makes 4.55 mil this year

RFA works like this...

Free Agency 101
Updated on January 15, 2009
Are you confused beyond belief about the NFL Free Agency? You may have heard such terms as "Unrestricted Free Agent", "Restricted Free Agent", "Franchise Tag", and "Transition Tag", and if you are very confused by what these terms mean -- don't feel embarrassed. Half of the sports journalism world doesn't seem to fully understand what these terms mean either!

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Fear not. The Commish is here to help. Our goal is to provide you with a quick course on Free Agency so that you can understand what is going on here. By the time we're through with you, you will have the knowledge and power to second guess your favorite team's General Manager!

Background

The notion of Free Agency itself is a relatively simple one. As defined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) Between the NFL Management Council And the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), a Free Agent is "a player who is not under contract and is free to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with any NFL Club, without Draft Choice Compensation or any Right of First Refusal."

Sounds easy, right? Oh... if it were only that simple. There are many, many scenarios that the team and player may be presented with as set down by the CBA. And some of these scenarios actually DO allow for the notions of "Draft Choice Compensation" and "Right of First Refusal".

Before going any further, let's take a closer look at what the CBA is really all about.

The CBA was an agreement between the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) and the NFL owners to reach an equitable agreement in terms of the sharing of the pie, if you will. Basically, through the CBA the parties have realized that the goal of the players and the management should be the same?increasing the revenue pie instead of fighting over the existing amount?and the NFL has tailored the CBA to achieve that goal.

The NFLPA was rewarded with the concept of Free Agency, whereby players have the freedom to market their skills after a specific period of service. As a system of checks and balances, the owners sought a means of cutting back on the escalation of the players' salaries. This is accomplished by -- you guessed it -- the NFL Salary Cap. (See Caponomics 101.)

Compromise is an abundant theme found throughout the CBA. The Free Agency system is slightly limited by the team?s ability to protect certain athletes (Franchise and Transition players) from leaving by paying a salary equal to an average of the top players at his position. On the other hand, the salary cap is flexible by allowing owners to pay signing bonuses up front that exceed the cap, but the amounts are amortized over the life of the contract.

Note also that the current CBA is set to expire at the conclusion of the 2010 season, which means that 2009 is the final capped season under the existing agreement. Unless the CBA is extended or re-worked, there will be special and unique rules that govern the 2009 and 2010 seasons. I will address these rules in the coming weeks in my Salary Cap section.

Now that we know what the CBA is and how Free Agency and the NFL Salary Cap work to gauge one another, let's take a closer look at how the CBA specifically defines Free Agency.

Definitions

The definition that we cited above by the CBA for a Free Agent is really the definition of an "Unrestricted Free Agent" (UFA). More specifically, an UFA is : "[a] player [that] shall be completely free to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with any Club, and any Club shall be completely free to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with such player, without penalty or restriction, including, but not limited to, Draft Choice Compensation between Clubs or First Refusal Rights of any kind." Basically, what that means is that an UFA is free to sign with the highest bidder (or the team of their choice) without that team having to give the original team any kind of compensation. When a player with five or more accrued seasons (or with four or more accrued seasons in any Capped Year) reaches the end of his player contract, he becomes an UFA.

Obviously, if the CBA is going to define a term for an "Unrestricted Free Agent", you would expect that they must also have something called a "Restricted Free Agent" (RFA). And, of course, you would be right. A RFA is "any Veteran player with three or more accrued seasons, but less than five accrued seasons (or less than four accrued seasons in any capped year)... At the expiration of his last Player Contract during such period... [the player] shall be completely free to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with any club, and any club shall be completely free to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with any such player, subject to... certain restrictions." The restrictions are the fun part.

The player's original team maintains the First Refusal Right if the team tenders a contract offer of one year at $1.01 M.

The player's original team maintains the Right of First Refusal and Draft Selection at the Player?s Original Draft Round (from the team with which he signs) if the team tenders an offer of one year at the same amount(s) listed above OR at least 110% of the player?s prior year?s salary -- whichever is greater.

The player's original team maintains the Right of First Refusal and Second Round Draft Selection (from the team with which he signs) if the team tenders an offer of one year at $$1.545 million OR at least 110% of the player?s prior year?s salary -- whichever is greater.

The player's original team maintains the Right of First Refusal and First Round Draft Selection (from the team with which he signs) if the team tenders an offer of one year at $2.198 million OR at least 110% of the player?s prior year?s salary -- whichever is greater.

The player's original team maintains the Right of First Refusal and First Round Draft Selection and Third Round Draft Selection (both from the team with which he signs) if the team tenders an offer of one year at $2.792 million OR at least 110% of the player's prior year?s salary -- whichever is greater.
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Hence Edwards will get 5 mil....

flgreen · Nov 27, 2009

Hobbes3259 said: ↑

Dude, (I'm not being a dick)...You need to understand what you're looking at.

That chart is telling you what the team that loses the player in terms of the salary of the player they lose.

Edwards makes 4.55 mil this year

RFA works like this...

Hence Edwards will get 5 mil....
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Honestly, I didn?t take that as you being a dick at all.

Thanks for the information

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