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@MartyCaswell: Of the Chargers current, ever-changing 53-man roster, only 28 players were on last year's active roster.
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Pretty much followed what happened to the Colts last season. Need some Luck though.Originally posted by oneinchpunch View PostComment
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It appears you are correct. Doing this, though, doesn't make for a happy player. Almost makes you want to be drafted in the 2nd round.Originally posted by Beerman View Post
Section 7. Fifth-Year Option for First Round Selections:
(a) Exercise Period. A Club has the unilateral right to extend from four
years to five years the term of any Rookie Contract of a player selected in the first round
of the Draft (the "Fifth-Year Option"). To do so, the Club must give written notice to
the player after the final regular season game of the player's third season but prior to
May 3 of the following League Year (i.e., year four of the contract) .
(b) Compensation Terms. The Fifth-Year Option is a non-negotiable,
standard fixed Paragraph 5 Salary calculated pursuant to Subsections (e) and (f) below.
Any compensation terms other than the player's Paragraph 5 Salary described in Subsections
(e) and (f) below are prohibited.
(c) Automatic Inclusion. The terms and conditions of the Fifth-Year Option
shall, if exercised, be as set forth below. The Fifth-Year Option shall also contain all
permissible non-compensation terms from the player's year-four contract carried forward
unchanged. The Fifth-Year Option shall be deemed a part of every Rookie
Contract of a player selected in the first round by virtue of this Agreement and may not
be separately attached to such Rookie Contract.
(d) Prohibited Terms Related to the Option. In a Rookie Contract, there
may be no option bonuses, option exercise fees, nonexercise fees, option buyout
amounts or any other form of payment that vests as a result of the Club either (i) exercising
the Fifth-Year Option, or (ii) declining to exercise the Fifth Year Option. For
example, no amount contracted for or paid to the player for years one through four of
his Rookie Contract may be contingent upon the exercise or nonexercise of the FifthYear
Option. The Club may not waive its unilateral right to exercise or not to exercise
the Fifth Year Option.
(e) Fifth-Year Option for First Ten Selections in Round One.
(i) For a Drafted Rookie selected with one of the first ten overall picks in
the Draft, the Paragraph 5 Salary for the player's Fifth-Year Option shall equal the Transition
Tender that applies in the League Year that is the fourth year of the Rookie's
Contract (as calculated pursuant to Article 1 0, Section 4) for players at the same position
(using the categories in Article 1 0, Section 7(a)) at which the Rookie participated in the
most plays during his third League Year. No other Salary (other than the minimum offseason
workout per diem and compensation for community relations/sponsor
appearances or promotional activities (subject to the maximum amounts permitted in
Section 3(b) (iv) above)) is permitted for the Fifth-Year Option.
(ii) The entire Paragraph 5 Salary for the Fifth-Year Option shall be guaranteed
for injury-related termination only, effective upon the Club's exercise of the Option.
The entire Paragraph 5 Salary for the Fifth-Year Option shall be guaranteed for skill,
injury, and Salary Cap-related termination if the player is on his Club's Active/Inactive
roster at the start of the player's fifth League Year (i.e., the option year).
(iii) The Fifth-Year Option Paragraph 5 Salary shall not be considered Rookie
Salary and will not count against the Total Rookie Compensation Pool, or against the
Club's Total Rookie Allocation, or for purposes of the 25% Increase Rule.
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(f) Fifth-Year Option for All Other Selections in Round One.
(i) F or any other Drafted Rookie selected in round one, the Paragraph 5
Salary for the player's Fifth-Year Option shall equal an amount that would apply in the
fourth League Year of the Rookie Contract if one calculated the Transition Tender for
that League Year by using the same methodology as set forth in Article 1 0, Section 4, but
using the applicable third through twenty-fifth highest Salaries (as "Salary" is defined in
Article 1 0) (as opposed to the ten highest Salaries) for players at the position at which
the Rookie participated in the most plays during his third League Year. No other Salary
(other than the minimum offseason workout per diem and compensation for community
relations/sponsor appearances or promotional activities (subject to the maximum
amounts permitted in Section 3 (bWv) above)) is permitted for the Fifth-Year Option.
(ii) The entire Paragraph 5 Salary for the Fifth-Year Option shall be guaranteed
for injury-related termination only, effective upon the Club's exercise of the Option.
The entire Paragraph 5 Salary for the Fifth-Year Option shall be guaranteed for skill,
injury, and Salary Cap-related termination if the player is on his Club's roster at the start
of the player'S fifth League Year ��.e., the option year).
(iii) The Fifth-Year Option Paragraph 5 Salary shall not be considered Rookie
Salary and will not count against the Total Rookie Compensation Pool, or against the
Club's Total Rookie Allocation, or for purposes of the 25% Increase Rule.
(g) Breach. ��) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Article 42 or
Article 4, after the Club has exercised its Fifth-Year Option, any unexcused late reporting
to or absence from preseason training camp by a player in the fifth League Year of
his contract (the option year) shall subject the player to a fine of $30,000 per day, plus
one week's regular season salary for each preseason game missed.
(ii) Nothing in this Section shall preclude a player and a Club from agreeing
to contract provisions relating to the forfeiture of Salary earnable in any League Year
prior to the player'S option year, subject to the restrictions set forth in Article 4, Section
9.Comment
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I don't think any 1st round pick doesn't expect to be under team control for 5 years. It's just common sense.Comment
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