Ninkovich and Parmele leagues highest paid practice squad players

[arsenal]

that's during the offseason I believe. When you can have up to 80 guys on your roster....they only count the top 51 salaries. Once you are required to trim the roster to 53, and 8 practice squad...they all count.

edit: or wait you are right... my bad :up:

 

[dolpns13]

nope thats the case at any time... only the top 51 count towards the salary cap.... i'll try to find a link for you

so there are 2 players during the season who may play but dont count against the cap? that doesnt make sense to me.

 

[arsenal]

well ive actually found links saying it both ways... if its the top 51, yes you have 2 guys who dont count towards the cap... they are still paid, but if they are the 2 lowest paid guys on the team, they are most likely at he minimum so it doesn't really matter...

ive seen legit sites saying it each way... ima keep looking because i know ive heard that 51 men thing many many times

 

[burger13]

well ive actually found links saying it both ways... if its the top 51, yes you have 2 guys who dont count towards the cap... they are still paid, but if they are the 2 lowest paid guys on the team, they are most likely at he minimum so it doesn't really matter...

ive seen legit sites saying it each way... ima keep looking because i know ive heard that 51 men thing many many times

here's a link to the applicable section of the CBA:

http://www.nflplayers.com/user/template.aspx?fmid=181&lmid=231&pid=612&type=c

and here's what I believe to be the applicable section from that page:

Section 7. Valuation of Player Contracts: Notwithstanding any provision in a Player Contract to the contrary or when such payments are actually made, the following rules shall apply in determining the amount of a player’s Salary that is to be included in Team Salary in a particular League Year for purposes of the Salary Cap:
(a) Paragraph 5. (i) The highest applicable Salary set forth in Paragraph 5 of the NFL Player Contract shall be included in Team Salary in the year earned, except that, between March 1 and the first day of the regular playing season, only the following amounts from Paragraph 5 shall be included for players whose Player Contracts are not among the Team’s 51 highest valued Player Contracts, tenders and Offer Sheets (as determined under this Section 7):
(1) Any amount that exceeds the Minimum Active/Inactive List Salary for Undrafted Rookie Free Agents; and
(2) Any amount that exceeds twice the applicable Minimum Active/Inactive List Salary for all other players.