BigRock
04-20-2011, 08:34 AM
How curious.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6394616&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines
Any player whose salary escalated at a higher rate than 30 percent from 2009 to 2010 was precluded from signing a contract extension with his team, according to an NFL source.
This is not the "30 percent" rule that prevented certain players' salaries from signing contract extensions that paid them more than 30 percent; this is a separate rule that prevented long-term deals for any player whose salary already escalated more than 30 percent from one year to the next.
The little-known rule prevented high-profile players such as Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata, Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Johnathan Joseph, Carolina Panthers running back DeAngelo Williams, Minnesota Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway and Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Tamba Hali from landing the lucrative long-term contracts they desired.
Some discussions for long-term deals for those players occurred, but never actually could be consummated.
The actual article is about how Michael Huff will hit free agency along with Nnamdi Asomugha. They have the same agent, who was apparently wise to this rule and put something in their deals to make it nearly impossible for Oakland to re-sign either of them.
LOL Al
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6394616&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines
Any player whose salary escalated at a higher rate than 30 percent from 2009 to 2010 was precluded from signing a contract extension with his team, according to an NFL source.
This is not the "30 percent" rule that prevented certain players' salaries from signing contract extensions that paid them more than 30 percent; this is a separate rule that prevented long-term deals for any player whose salary already escalated more than 30 percent from one year to the next.
The little-known rule prevented high-profile players such as Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata, Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Johnathan Joseph, Carolina Panthers running back DeAngelo Williams, Minnesota Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway and Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Tamba Hali from landing the lucrative long-term contracts they desired.
Some discussions for long-term deals for those players occurred, but never actually could be consummated.
The actual article is about how Michael Huff will hit free agency along with Nnamdi Asomugha. They have the same agent, who was apparently wise to this rule and put something in their deals to make it nearly impossible for Oakland to re-sign either of them.
LOL Al