Agent’s Take: A look at the history of first-round pick contract extensions, and an emerging trend
How NFL draft picks are compensated drastically changed with the 2011 collective bargaining agreement (CBA). A rookie wage scale, which reduced salaries for early first-round picks, was implemented. The 2020 CBA made minor tweaks to the system. All contracts for draft choices are four years in length under the rookie wage scale. Four-year deals in … Read more