How Do You Know NFL Salary Cap Rules?
The National Football League (NFL) is the most popular and competitive sports league in America. One of the main reasons for the level playing field is the salary cap that the NFL institutes for each team. There are ways that teams can manipulate the salary cap to their advantage but as general rule the NFL salary cap is the most equitable in all of professional sports. Read on to learn how to know NFL salary cap rules. Calculate the salary cap for the given year. Under the collective bargaining agreement between NFL players association and NFL owners, the salary cap is set a percentage of total football revenue. In 2008 this figure was 62.24 percent. This figure translates to a dollar amount of $109 million per team. Understand that there is a minimum salary cap floor for each team. This figure is 75 percent of the salary cap for a given year. In 2007 this figure will be $81.75 million. Which is 75 percent of the $109 million salary cap. No NFL team can spend less than this amount on
