redzone: Rookie salaries a major discussion point as labor talks roll on

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Rookie wage scale takes center stage when talks resume

Posted by Mike Florio on July 10, 2011, 7:11 PM EDT
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We reported on Saturday that the NFL and the players currently are at a stalemate regarding the contours of a new rookie wage scale. Albert Breer of NFL Network reports that, when the lawyers reconvene on Monday, “the biggest issue remaining on the ledger is the rookie salary system.”

Breer outlines the key sticking points, the most important of which is the league’s insistence on five-year deals for first-round picks, and the players’ preference for four-year contracts in round one. He explains that one league proposal includes a trigger that would “push[] the fifth year to 150 percent of an average starter’s salary at his position, with a floor of $6 million and a ceiling of $12 million” for the first eight picks.

 

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If this is the one major hang up remaining, I consider that to be great news because I believe it can be easily figured out.