NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 7
Rookie Compensation and Rookie Compensation Pool

Section 2(a)(i)(iii)
Operation

(a)(i)(iii)

In each of the 2021-2030 League Years, a “Minimum Year-One Pool Increase” shall be calculated. The Minimum Year-One Pool Increase shall be defined as the sum of: (a) the 224 non-compensatory draft picks multiplied by the annual increase in the Minimum Salary of a player on a Club's Active/Inactive List with zero Credited Seasons; and (b) one percent of the YOPIEMS for the prior League Year, as defined in Section 1(g)(iii)(A) above. By way of example, if the YOPIEMS for the prior League Year equal $150 million, one percent of the YOPIEMS for the prior League Year equals $1.5 million, and will be included in (but not added to) the current year’s Minimum Year-One Pool Increase. By way of further example: if one percent of the YOPIEMS for a prior League Year equals $1.5 million, then for years in which the Minimum Salary of a player on a Club’s Active/Inactive List with zero Credited Seasons grows by $45,000, the Minimum Year-One Pool Increase is $11.58 million (i.e., $45,000 multiplied by 224 equals $10.08 million, plus $1.5 million); for years in which the aforementioned Minimum Salary growth is $50,000, the Minimum Year One Pool Increase is $12.7 million (i.e., $50,000 multiplied by 224 equals $11.2 million, plus $1.5 million).