NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement
Rookie Compensation and Rookie Compensation Pool
Section 5(b)(iii)Additional Terms
By way of hypothetical examples, if Club A selected a player in the Supplemental Draft in the 2019 League Year using the second selection in the second round, which had a Rookie Allotment of $1,450,000, but the Club’s actual position in the 2020 Draft would have been the seventh selection in that round, which would have had a Rookie Allotment of $1,400,000, then the Rookie Pool Bank would be increased by $50,000. If Club B selected a player in the Supplemental Draft in the 2019 League Year using the twentieth selection in the third round, which had a Rookie Allotment of $750,000, but the Club’s actual position in the 2020 Draft would have been the first selection in the third round, which would have had a Rookie Allotment of $700,000, then the Rookie Pool Bank would be decreased by $50,000. If either scenario occurred in the Final League Year, or in a year in which there was no Rookie Pool Bank, then the adjustment would instead be made as provided in Subsection (ii) above. For purposes of Subsections (i)-(iii) above, “Rookie Allotment” means the Year-One Formula Allotment for that selection multiplied by the Year-One Rookie Compensation Pool (excluding Compensatory Selections and one-third of the Undrafted Rookie Reservation).