NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 7
Rookie Compensation and Rookie Compensation Pool

Section 5(b)(ii)
Additional Terms

(b)(ii)

For any such Supplemental Draft selection: (A) if the Rookie Allotment corresponding to where the Club would have been selecting in that round in the next League Year’s Draft is less than the Rookie Allotment afforded the Club for that Supplemental Draft selection, then the difference shall be added to the Rookie Pool Bank calculated pursuant to Subsection 2(a)(iv) of this Article (so that, in a future League Year, the Year-One Rookie Compensation Pool can be decreased by that difference (thereby also reducing the Total Rookie Compensation Pool)); or (B) if the Rookie Allotment corresponding to where the Club would have been selecting in that round in the next League Year’s Draft is greater than the Rookie Allotment afforded the Club for the Supplemental Draft selection, then the difference shall be subtracted from the Rookie Pool Bank calculated pursuant to Subsection 2(a)(iv) of this Article (so that, in a future League Year, the Year-One Rookie Compensation Pool can be increased by that difference (thereby also increasing the Total Rookie Compensation Pool)); further provided that if there is otherwise no Rookie Pool Bank pursuant to Subsection 2(a)(iv) of this Article, then: (C) in any League Year prior to the Final League Year, the amount of the difference shall be placed in a “Supplemental Draft bank” as either a positive amount (in the case of a difference under (A) above) or a negative amount (in the case of a difference under (B) above) to be carried forward, with Interest, and applied to the Year-One Rookie Compensation Pool in the Final League Year unless the Parties agree otherwise; (D) in the Final League Year, the amount of any such difference shall be applied immediately to the Year-One Rookie Compensation Pool unless the Parties agree otherwise; and (E) provided further that the Year-One Rookie Compensation Pool in any League Year may not fall below the Minimum Year-One Pool Increase.