October 18th, 2004, 10:14 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Hamburg, NY
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Re: Rookie Salary Scale
The rules state the following:
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In addition to these base salaries, rookies will earn bonuses based on their performance each year of their original rookie contract. These bonuses will be based on their year end ranking among players of the same position. Players drafted after round 1 will receive a lower bonus for equal performance. That is, second round players receive a bonus 75% of that of a 1st round pick, 3rd round receive 25%, and 4th round receive 25%. Performance bonuses are earned on top of the standard 10% raise, not in place of it.
The minimum raise is 10% of the previous years salary. Any incentive bonus earned is above and beyond the standard minimum raise.
Further, each rookie will have a maximum salary that his contract can hit with incentive bonuses. The maximum salaries will vary on position and round drafted. When calculating for the maximum salary, the player will first be assessed his 10% annual contract increase, and then any applicable signing bonus will be applied up to the maximum salary payable according to the players position and the player was drafted in. Once an incentive clause bumps the contract at or above the maximum salary, incentive bonuses will no longer apply, although the 10% annual contract will still apply on any remaining years of the contract.
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While total or average points aren't specified, I can tell you the way Brian and I applied the rule on the existing contracts was with total points and the players positional ranking as of week 17. We probably could have worded that better, but I know for a fact (especially based on how we applied the rule) that the intent was based on total points and not average points.
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