NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 7
Rookie Compensation and Rookie Compensation Pool

Section 2(a)(i)(v)
Operation

(a)(i)(v)

In each League Year in which the Year-One Rookie Compensation Pool (excluding compensatory selections and one-third of the Undrafted Rookie Reservation) increases by the Minimum Year-One Pool Increase, an amount equal to: (a) the prior League Year’s Year-One Rookie Compensation Pool (excluding compensatory selections and one-third of the Undrafted Rookie Reservation) plus the Minimum Year-One Pool Increase (as calculated in the examples in Subsection 2(a)(iii) above); (b) minus the Baseline Year-One Pool, shall be included in the “Rookie Pool Bank” and carried forward, with Interest, and shall be applied to reduce the Year-One Rookie Compensation Pool (excluding compensatory selections and one-third of the Undrafted Rookie Reservation) in any future League Year(s), provided that: (1) the Year-One Rookie Compensation Pool (excluding compensatory selections and one-third of the Undrafted Rookie Reservation) may never increase by less than the Minimum Year-One Pool Increase; (2) the Year-One Rookie Compensation Pool In Excess of Minimum Salaries (also referred to as “YOPIEMS”) shall not be less than one hundred and one percent (101%) of the YOPIEMS in the prior League Year; and (3) the parties may agree to defer application of some or all of the Rookie Pool Bank in a League Year in which it otherwise could apply.