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According to sources, the terms agreed to on the rookie wage system are, in part, as follows:

• Five-year contracts, with a team option for the fifth year.

• If the team option is exercised, in the fifth year the top 10 picks would receive a salary equal to the average of the top 10 player salaries at their respective positions. That money would be guaranteed if the option is exercised after the third year of the contract.

• If the team option is exercised, in the fifth year picks 11-32 would receive a salary equal to the average of the Nos. 3-25 salaries at their respective positions. That money would be guaranteed if the option is exercised after the third year of the contract.

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]^ So this doesnt really seem like a scale to me, mroe like a franchise type tag for rookies in year 5? Is all other guaranteed money now gone? Is there a actual scale that says how much each rookie is going to get based off where they were drafted, before they were drafted?[/FONT][/COLOR]

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I really hope they have an agreement in principle today, I think it'd be huge.

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That would be my faviort scenario.

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[quote=Lotus;810945]Below is an article that mentions the cash requirement, although it seems to apply only to the 90% salary floor:
[url=http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Jeff-Pash-Owners-have-offered-90percent-cash-guarantee.html]Jeff Pash said owners have offered 90-percent cash guarantee | National Football Post[/url][/quote]

This could become problematic- a team could have so much in dead cap that it couldn't spend 90% in cash without going over the cap

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[quote=BigHairedAristocrat;810994]This could become problematic- a team could have so much in dead cap that it couldn't spend 90% in cash without going over the cap[/quote]

Yeah, I don't know how that would work out. We need details.

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[url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/15/report-economics-of-deal-are-essentially-done/]Report: Economics of deal are essentially done | ProFootballTalk[/url]

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Looks like there will be no workouts before May 1. Less money for the players but more free time

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Getting closer

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[quote=SmootSmack;811006]Looks like there will be no workouts before May 1. Less money for the players but more free time[/quote]

Good for the players. All the offseason work had gotten a little out of control.

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Whatever happened to the 18 game talk, is that shelved indefinitely?

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[quote=Mattyk;811010]Good for the players. All the offseason work had gotten a little out of control.[/quote]

Does this mean that there will no longer be voluntary OTAs? If so I am glad, b/c I am sick of those stories in the offseason.

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[quote=Ruhskins;811013]Does this mean that there will no longer be voluntary OTAs? If so I am glad, b/c I am sick of those stories in the offseason.[/quote]

Looks like

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[url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/15/report-global-settlement-is-possible-today/]Report: Global settlement is possible today | ProFootballTalk[/url]

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I just heard Sam Bradford laughing at Andrew Luck from OKC..

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[quote=Alvin Walton;811012]Whatever happened to the 18 game talk, is that shelved indefinitely?[/quote]


It should be