NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement
Rookie Compensation and Rookie Compensation Pool
Section 5(a)Additional Terms
If, pursuant to Article 6, Section 2 and/or Article 10, Section 12, a Club has one or more Compensatory Draft Selections, an amount shall be added to the Club’s Year-One Rookie Allocation, the Club’s Total Rookie Allocation, the Total Rookie Compensation Pool, and the Year-One Rookie Compensation Pool, based upon a Year-One Formula Allotment to be agreed upon by the NFL and the NFLPA. In the event that a Club signs a Player Contract with a Drafted Rookie who was drafted in a prior League Year, an additional amount shall be added to that Club’s Year-One Rookie Allocation, and to the Year-One Rookie Compensation Pool, equal to the lower of (i) the Player’s YearOne Formula Allotment multiplied by the Year-One Rookie Compensation Pool in the League Year in which the player was drafted or (ii) the amount of unused Room under the Club’s Year-One Rookie Allocation for the League Year in which the player was drafted. A corresponding amount shall also be added to that Club’s Total Rookie Allocation and to the Total Rookie Compensation Pool, based upon the amount described above. Notwithstanding the above, the Drafted Rookie’s Year-One Minimum Allotment multiplied by the Year-One Rookie Compensation Pool will continue to count against the Club’s Year-One Rookie Allocation in the year the player was drafted.