NFL AGENT EXAM ACTUAL EXAM

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NFL AGENT EXAM ACTUAL EXAM

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• Rookie Compensation And Rookie Compensation Pool - Correct Answer
• Pursuant To Article 7 Of The 2020 Cba, All Drafted Rookies Must Sign Four-

Year Contracts. Calculations On Each Drafted Rookie's Contract Must Be Made To Determine Its Year-One Rookie Salary And Its Total Rookie Compensation Over The Four Years Of The Contract. Computing The Year- One Rookie Salary Is Done Basically The Same Way Computing A Veteran's Cap Number.

• Nfl Player Contract - Correct Answer - A Written Agreement Or Series Of Such

Agreements Executed At Or About The Same Time Between A Person And An Nfl Club Pursuant To Which Such Person Is Employed By Such Club As A Professional Football Player.

• Collective Bargaining Agreement (Cba) - Correct Answer - The Union Contract

Between The Nfl Players Association And The Nfl Management Council Covering The Terms And Conditions Of Employment Of All Nfl Players.

• Draft Or College Draft - Correct Answer - The Nfl's Annual Draft Of

Rookie Football Players Described In Cba Article 6 (College Draft). 1 / 3

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• Drafted Rookie - Correct Answer - A Person Who Is Selected In The Current

League Year's Draft Or Whose Draft Rights Are Held, Or Continue To Be Held, Consistent With This Agreement, By An Nfl Club That Selected The Rookie In A Prior Draft.

• Required Tender - Correct Answer - A Player Contract Tender That A Club Is

Required To Make To A Player Pursuant To The Cba, Either As A Matter Of Right With Respect To The Player, Or To Receive Rights Of First Refusal, Draft Choice Compensation And/Or Other Rights With Respect To The Player, As Specified In The Cba.

• Right Of First Refusal - Correct Answer - The Right Of An Nfl Club, As

Described In Cba Articles 9 (Veteran Free Agency) And 10 (Franchise And Transition Players) To Retain The Services Of Certain Veteran Players By Matching Offers Made To Those Players.

• Draft Choice Compensation - Correct Answer - The Right Of Any Club, As

Described In Cba Articles 9 (Veteran Free Agency) And Article 10 (Franchise And Transition Players) To Receive Draft Pick(S) From Any Other Club.

• Exclusive Rights Player - Correct Answer - A Player Whose Contract Expires At

A Time When He Has Less Than Three Accrued Seasons In The Nfl Cannot Market His Services To Other Clubs If His Old Club Gives Him A Minimum Salary Tender, As Described In Cba Article 8, On Or Before The Last Day Of That League Year. If The Tender Is Provided, This Player Can Only Re-Sign With His Old Club (Unless The Tender Is Later Withdrawn). 2 / 3

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• Restricted Free Agent - Correct Answer - A Player Whose Contract Expires

When He Has Earned Three (3) Accrued Seasons. If His Old Club Provides Him With A Sufficient "Qualifying Offer", As Described In Cba Article 9, On Or Before The Last Day Of That League Year, It Retains The Right To Either Match An Offer The Player May Get From Another Club Or To Receive Draft Choice Compensation From The Club Making The Offer. The Qualifying Offer Is Based On The Level Of Draft Choices The Old Club Wants To Receive. For Example, The Qualifying Offer To A Player With Three (3) Accrued Seasons In -Round Draft Choice And The Right Of First Refusal In Is $3,384,000. For The League Year, The Restricted Free Agent Has Until April 23, To Generate An Offer From Another Club. If He Fails To Get An Offer, His Exclusive Rights Revert To The Old Club Unless The Qualifying Offer Is Withdrawn.

• Unrestricted Free Agent - Correct Answer - As Described In Cba Article 9, A

Player Whose Contract Expires When He Has Earned At Least Four (4) Accrued Seasons Is Free To Sign With Any Other Club If He Does So By July 22 Of The Same Year. If He Does Not Sign Elsewhere, His Exclusive Rights Revert To His Old Club After July 22 Only If His Old Club Has Given Him A Written Tender By The Monday Following The Last Day Of That Year's Nfl Draft Offering To Re-Sign Him For An Additional Year At A Ten Percent Increase In. If His Prior Club Does Not Tender Such Player, Then The Player Remains An Unrestricted Free Agent For The Remainder Of That League Year. An Unrestricted Free Agent Will Be Restricted In Signing Elsewhere, However, If He Is Designated A Franchise Or Transition Player.

• Franchise Player - Correct Answer - Each Club May Designate One

Player Who Would Otherwise Be An Unrestricted Free Agent As A

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