2009 NFL season

The bulk of the Free Agency period in the NFL has wrapped up. Many of these athletes signed lucrative multimillion dollar contracts. Nate Solder, a guard for the New York Giants, signed a contract worth $62 million over four years with 34.8 million guaranteed (Nate Solider). For some in the football world this seems like a great investment while for others outside of football it seems like an overpay. These individuals might think that paying someone $62 million to play football is outrageous

2015). Drafting a valuable player will have the profound effects on the success of a NBA team for the following reasons. Firstly, a NBA franchise only needs to pay its rookie with the small-scale money, which ranges from $1 million to $5 million per season based on rookie’s draft position. Secondly, under the current collective bargaining agreement that allows a player to receive the maximum 5-year-long contract, a NBA team can have its drafted player for at least 9 years long if the player’s performance

Every person ever associated with football knows how the game is played. They know every rule, play, stat, and anything else that can be recorded. There was a certain one of these people, though, that stood out from the rest. This was a man by the name of Vince Lombardi. Most people generally know who Vince Lombardi was. They know him as the former, and most famous, coach of the Green Bay Packers back in the late fifties and early sixties. They also recognize him as the man the trophy awarded to

of the best cases of how seriously the NFL is taking the issue on concussions, the recent lawsuit that they reached a “$765 million settlement reached between the two sides, 18,000 concussion suffers and the NFL” which states causes for untold information the NFL refused to report to players about the potential dangers concussions had for their long-term health, though this was later shot down by a federal judge claiming that it was insufficient sum. An NFL player may succumb from thousands of hits

school, he was drafted in the 1995 MLB Draft. Rather than accepting the draft, he chose to play football for the University of Michigan. Brady was drafted out of Michigan as a backup quarterback in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He will soon be going on to his 20th season as the starting quarterback for the New England Patriots. Tom Brady is considered one of the most successful athletes of all time because of his net worth from

the relationship between team salary and performance. If an NBA team spends more money on player salaries, this does not guarantee a better team performance. In 2013, an article on basesandbaskets.com compared NBA team salaries to their regular season wins totals. This study found that it was about split,

football player returned from a serious leg injury to challenge the single season rushing record and also won the

June 5, 2012 Retired NFL Players Every fall a majority of Americans count down the days to the start of every NFL season. It is the time of the year when people look forward to traveling to their favorite team’s stadium, or powering up the big screen to watch the game. The NFL provides an outlet every Sunday for people to relax and enjoy exciting entertainment. Everyone looks forward. So many people have invested themselves into their favorite team by purchasing season tickets, sporting countless

America by 20% over baseball(ESPN Harris Poll). The NFL today has tv ratings off the charts, breaking records every Super Bowl(Coming Soon.com). But what started out as an American staple, actually was a mix of different sports. The first “football” game was actually just an altered soccer game between Rutgers and Princeton, but no one would realize the revolution it would bring to America. It then evolved with the help of rugby. Twenty years later the NFL was born and football went from a simple college

we will examine the history of the salary cap structures in sports focusing mainly on the version that the NFL uses. We will also take a in-depth look at the four different areas that makes up the salary cap (Salary Cap, Active Spending, Dead Money and Cap Space) and impact the cap has had on the players themselves. As well as how it has reshaped the teams and leagues itself to help the NFL to grow into the Multi Billion Dollar sports empire that it was become today. Who would have thought that making