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Several years ago, the NFL and the union included a tweak within the compensation system aimed at rewarded players for their on-field efforts.
The performance-based pay system rewards players with low salaries who participate in a high number of plays over the course of a season.
The NFL leader for the 2007 season was Steelers tackle Willie Colon, who received $309,000 after starting all 16 games at right tackle.
The total pool of money to be shared was $3.08 million per team, and the slices are based on a formula that takes into account the player’s total on-field participation and his adjusted salary. The less a guy makes in salary, the more he makes in performance-based pay.
March 14th, 2008 at 10:45 am
i’m a huge fan of this system. there are countless faceless players in the league who grind every game and don’t walk away with 5 million for the season. they deserve a bump.
great NFL idea made strictly benefit the players who desereve it the most
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March 14th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Paying players according to their performance? Who came up with that crazy idea?!
Signed,
Ryan Leaf
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March 14th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
I’m absolutely flabbergasted that a union would agree to such an egregious principle as ….’Merit Based Pay’. How utterly appaulling!!!!!
Most unions work on the concept of extracting the very most pay for as little work as possible and ultimately strive to be unproductive. How could they possibly let such a foul and abusive practice as ‘Merit Based Pay’ sully the American Way??!!!
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