NFL, NFLPA 2019: Reviewing the 2011 CBA Deal & Details

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NFL and NFLPA have scheduled negotiations for July 17-19, 2019

both "optimistic" there won't be a work stoppage this time around.

For the players, an increased share of league revenue, exempting marijuana from future drug tests

contracts to include more guarantees.

salary would make bigger jumps each season.

owners could push for an 18-game schedule, which the players likely wouldn't support due to injury concerns.

The 2011 CBA in a nutshell
Gregg Rosenthal on July 25, 2011


Length of agreement: Ten years - There is no opt out clause in the deal.


Revenue split: the players must average at least 47 percent of all revenue


Drafted Rookies: High first-round draft picks are taking a huge hit. No. 1 overall pick Cam Newton, for instance, is expected to see less than half the guaranteed money of 2010 No. 1 pick Sam Bradford.

Those top-shelf contracts will be four years, with a pricey fifth year option. Players taken rounds two-through-seven aren’t overly impacted.


Undrafted rookies: A new signing bonus cap for undrafted players


18-game season: The possibility of an 18-game season died a lot sooner than anyone expected. The players wanted no part of it


Revenue sharing: The owners separately agreed to a new ten-year plan for revenue sharing. The plan will tax the highest-earning teams.


Salary cap: The salary cap is set for $120.375 million in 2011. It’s important to note the cap will rise with revenues. (Future television deals.)


2011 salary cap flexibility: two avenues to make it easier to retain high priced veterans this year. Teams can “borrow” $3 million against future salary caps to pay for veterans. They can also use another $3.5 million in what would otherwise be performance-based pay to use for veterans.

So the cap really isn’t $120.375 million. It’s basically $126.88 if teams want it to be. An extra $6.5 million won’t save guys that truly deserve to get cut, but it will make life easier for teams near the cap limit.


Salary floors: Players accepted a relatively low salary cap in exchange for the raising the minimum teams have to spend.

99% of the salary cap must be spent in cash in aggregate between 2011-2012. The league-wide number falls to 95% after that. Teams must spend at least 89% of the cap from 2013-2016 and 2017-2020.

This helps ensure teams that were way under the cap in recent years like the Bengals and Bucs spend more.

Player safety: The amount of padded practices in the regular season is now heavily regulated by the league. Two padded practices per day in training camp (two-a-days) has also been banned.

(This doesn’t sit well with all players.) Teams can do a padded practice and a non-padded practice in the same day in training camp. Teams will also reportedly have more days off during their bye week.


Offseason work: (OTAs) have been reduced from 14 days to 10. The offseason program was reduced five weeks overall.


Retired players: The new deal reportedly adds $1 billion in new funds for retired players. $620 million will be used for a new “Legacy Fund,” which will be devoted to increasing pensions for pre-1993 retirees.


Tampering: There will be no need for teams to illegally contact free agents in the coming week. Almost as soon as teams are back Tuesday, they can begin speaking to all unrestricted free agents.

While the CBA ends after the 2020 season, the 2021 draft is included in the deal.
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