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Miami Dolphins allotted $6.438 million to sign rookie class

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The Miami Dolphins were assigned $6.438 million in the NFL’s rookie pool to sign the team’s nine draft picks.

The Dolphins are allowed to dole out a total value of $35.41 million over the next four years to the nine members of the 2012 draft class.
The largest portion of that salary will go to former Texas A&M quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who was the No. 8 pick.
Tennessee quarterback Jake Locker, last year’s No. 8 pick, received a four-year contract worth $12.58 million, which was fully guaranteed. Locker received a $7.65 million signing bonus. That’s the framework of the deal Tannehill’s agent will likely seek. All first-round deals do feature a fifth-year option the club holds.
The Dolphins must also get offensive tackle Jonathan Martin, pass rusher Olivier Vernon, tight end Michael Egnew, tailback Lamar Miller, linebacker Josh Kaddu, defensive tackle Kheeston Randall, and receiver B.J. Cunningham and Rishard Matthews under contract before training camp opens in late July.
The new CBA dictates to every team how much money they can distribute to its draftees. The only thing that is somewhat negotiable for each player is how much of a signing bonus they receive, other bonuses included in the contract, and the percentage of an increase gained over last year’s selection at the same spot.
And the rookies are ultimately competing against themselves to determine how big a slice of the $6.438 million rookie pie they receive from the team.
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Read more:http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sport...otted-6-438-million-to-sign-rookie-class.html
 
Wow, that's like chump change compared to what it was before the new CBA. We would have been paying somewhere in the vicinity of 6 years, $48-$50 million with about $14 million guaranteed for a #8 pick. Now we're talking about 4 years, $13 million...all guaranteed. One of the few things I like about the new CBA.
 
Zounds said:
I believe 1st rounders are 5 year contracts under the new CBA. Second rounders are 4 years.
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Jake Locker, if you read the story from the OP, got a 4 year deal (he was picked 8th last year). I think only the top 5 last year or maybe only the top pick got a 5 year deal last year.
 
The new wage scale is very sensible. If we make bad draft choices, it won't haunt us for years.
 
Aside from the adjusted rookie salaries, i also like the fact that rookies will no longer have reason to hold out under the new cba. A rookie missing TC greatly impedes their progression and impact for the entire year, imo. Hopefully, that will be a thing of the past.
 
datruth55 said:
Jake Locker, if you read the story from the OP, got a 4 year deal (he was picked 8th last year). I think only the top 5 last year or maybe only the top pick got a 5 year deal last year.
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Most 1st rounders got 4 years contract with an optional year, so it works similar to what Dolphins did with Ronnie Brown and the guy was under contract because there was no new CBA.
 
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