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On a certain local sports talk radio station, the mediots were discussing a possible reason for the Patriots using both first round picks.
In simple terms, according to the new CBA, teams are able to lock up first-round picks for five years, whereas second round picks can only be locked up for four years. For players drafted after the top 10, the fifth-year salary is based on the average salaries of the 3rd-25th highest paid players at the player's position -- i.e. a steal if the player is any good.
In simple terms, according to the new CBA, teams are able to lock up first-round picks for five years, whereas second round picks can only be locked up for four years. For players drafted after the top 10, the fifth-year salary is based on the average salaries of the 3rd-25th highest paid players at the player's position -- i.e. a steal if the player is any good.
Section 3. Rookie Contracts:
(a) Contract Length. Every Rookie Contract shall have a fixed and unalter-able contract length: (i) four years for Rookies selected in the first round of the Draft, with a Club option for a fifth year as described in Section 7 below; (ii) four years for Rookies selected in rounds two through seven of the Draft (including any compensatory draft selections);
Section 7. Fifth-Year Option for First Round Selections:
(a) Exercise Period. A Club has the unilateral right to extend from four years to five years the term of any Rookie Contract of a player selected in the first round of the Draft (the “Fifth-Year Option”). To do so, the Club must give written notice to the player after the final regular season game of the player’s third season but prior to May 3 of the following League Year (i.e., year four of the contract).
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(i) For any other Drafted Rookie selected in round one, the Paragraph 5 Salary for the player’s Fifth-Year Option shall equal an amount that would apply in the fourth League Year of the Rookie Contract if one calculated the Transition Tender for that League Year by using the same methodology as set forth in Article 10, Section 4, but using the applicable third through twenty-fifth highest Salaries (as “Salary” is defined in Article 10) (as opposed to the ten highest Salaries) for players at the position at which the Rookie participated in the most plays during his third League Year.
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