Contract Details

Salary Breakdown

Round-Value--Values Year 1 - 5
1- 1200 -- 1320  1500  1440  1380  1320

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2-  900  --  990  1125  1080   1035  990

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3-  700  --  770  875  840  805  770

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4-  600  --  660  750  720  690  660

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5-  500  --   550  625  600  575  550

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6-  400  --   440  500  480  460  440

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7-  350  --   385  437.5  420  402.5  385

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8-  300  --   330  375  360  345  330

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9-  250  --   275  312.5  300  287.5  275

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10- 200  --  220  250  240  230  220

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11- 200  --  220  250  240  230  220

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12- 200  --  220  250  240  230  220

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13- 200  --  220  250  240  230  220

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14- 150  --  165  187.5  180  172.5  165

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15- 150  --  165  187.5  180  172.5  165

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16- 150  --  165  187.5  180  172.5  165

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17- 150  --  165  187.5  180  172.5  165

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Draftees  --  30

These values are determined as follows:
Year 1 = Base Value x 110%
Year 2 = Base Value x 125%
Year 3 = Base Value x 120%
Year 4 = Base Value x 115%
Year 5 = Base Value x 110%

A - the lack of a 10yr cap threw all the economics off
B - perceived concern that picks 1-3 were unsignable long-term options
C - extremely overvalued price of picks below 7
D - draftees accounted for a maximum of 25% of the cap, which was much too high

Some further explanation on the reduction of Rookie contracts from $75 -> $30...

1. This price point puts our league more in line with an actual NFL team as rookie cap is typically 5-10%. When we were at $75, we were closer to 25%.

2. Based on the average 1st yr contract being around 700, and this league ideally wanting teams to have ~5 signees every year, that gets us to $3,500 (contracts) + 360 (12 picks) = 3,860.

It should also be noted that, based on last year's activity, a team will do roughly 20 waiver transactions during the year (net effect -50 each time) = 1,000.

If you combine those two -- 3,860 + 1,000 = 4,860. This means, prior to the start of the auction you have $140 available in cap space before you start to get taxed! While this in itself is not enough to sign a single player, you can adjust your waiver transactions to build a little more space if you are concerned about going over the $5,000 soft cap.

Hope this helps!