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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
The NFL is almost certain to have an NBA style rookie cap.
So for example, let's say the number overall pick receives $10 million dollars in guarantees. The second overall pick would receive a fraction of that (say $9.9 million) and so on throughout the draft.
What will happen is that teams will have an exorbitant amount of money for veterans on their second contract (as it should be).
In that case, Albert would clean up.
The owners have pretty much vowed to lock out the players until an agreement like this has been reached.
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That's already how 99% of the NFL contracts work. #1 pick gets the most guaranteed and so forth. Occasionally a QB in the top 5 will throw it off a little. Even if the players agree to it, they aren't going to go back on guaranteed money. The starting point would be whatever this years #1 pick gets. They aren't going to all of a sudden agree to the #1 pick getting 20 mil guaranteed, unless the length of the contract is shortened to two years.