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December 6, 2006 DRAFT
ARTICLE XVII
ENTERING PLAYER POOL
Section 1. Definition: For purposes of this Article XVII of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:
(a) “Entering Player Pool” means the League-wide limit on the total amount of Salary to which all of the
NFL Clubs may contract for in signing Drafted Rookies (and certain amounts contracted to be paid to Undrafted
Rookies as described below) during each League Year of this Agreement, as set forth below.
(b) Salary shall be defined and calculated in the same manner as set forth in Article XXIV (Guaranteed
League-wide Salary, Salary Cap & Minimum Team Salary). In the event a Rookie who is subject to the
Entering Player Pool signs a Player Contract after the commencement of the regular season, the Club must have
Room under its Rookie Allocation for the entire Paragraph 5 amount of the contract.
Section 2. Covered League Years: The Entering Player Pool will be in effect in all League Years, except as set
forth below. The NFL may remove the Entering Player Pool at its option in any Uncapped Year, by notice to the
NFLPA at least 60 days prior to the scheduled date of the Draft that League Year. Further, in any Capped Year,
the NFL may remove the Pool, by notice to the NFLPA at least 60 days prior to the scheduled date of the Draft
that League Year, but to the extent that any Club spends more than its Rookie Allocation in that League Year,
the Club will pay an equivalent number of dollars to its Veteran players pursuant to reasonable allocation
instructions by the NFLPA.
Section 3. Calculation:
(a) The Entering Player Pool shall consist on a League-wide basis of the amount of the Entering Player
Pool for the immediately preceding League Year (excluding any formula allotments attributable to any
Compensatory Draft Selections), increased by the same percentage as the increase in Projected TR for that
League Year over the prior year’s TR (as defined in Article XXIV (Guaranteed League-wide Salary, Salary Cap
& Minimum Team Salary)), up to a maximum of five percent (5%) per season, but shall not in any event
decrease in actual amount from League Year to League Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent there
are Compensatory Draft Selections as a result of Article XVI (College Draft), Section 2 and/or Article XX
(Franchise and Transition Players), Section 15, the Entering Player Pool shall be increased in accordance with
Subsection (c) below and as otherwise agreed upon by the NFL and the NFLPA.
(b) For each League Year of this Agreement, each Club shall have a Rookie Allocation, which shall be its
proportional share of the Entering Player Pool, calculated based on the number, round, and position of the
Club’s selection choices in the Draft. The Rookie Allocation formula shall be agreed upon by the NFL and the
NFLPA and shall remain in effect for the duration of the Agreement, unless the NFL and the NFLPA otherwise
agree.
(c) If, pursuant to Article XVI (College Draft), Section 2 and/or Article XX (Franchise and Transition
Players), Section 15, a Club has one or more Compensatory Draft Selections, an amount shall be added to that
Club’s Rookie Allocation, and to the Entering Player Pool (notwithstanding Subsection (b) above), based upon
the amount allotted to selection choices of that round and position in calculating the Rookie Allocation (the
“Formula Allotment”). 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 Rookie Allocation, and to the
Entering Player Pool (notwithstanding Subsection (b) above), equal to the lower of the Club’s original Formula
Allotment for such draft choice or the amount of unused Room under the Club’s Rookie Allocation during the
League Year in which the player was originally drafted.
(d) Notwithstanding the above, nothing shall prevent the Club from signing a player for an amount in
excess of the player’s Formula Allotment, if the Club has Room available under its Rookie Allocation.
(e) In the event that the NFL holds a supplemental draft in addition to its annual Draft in advance of the
next League Year’s Draft, adjustments shall be made to the Entering Player Pool and Rookie Allocation in a
manner to be agreed upon by the NFL and the NFLPA.
(f) In any League Year in which one or more expansion Teams enter the League, the amount of the
Entering Player Pool shall be increased to account for the draft selections of any such expansion Teams.
(g) In the event the NFL holds a supplemental draft in addition to its annual College Draft in advance of
the following League Year’s College Draft, there shall be added to each selecting Club’s Rookie Allocation,
and (cumulatively, if more than one selecting Club) to the Entering Player Pool for that League Year, an amount
