NFL AGENT EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS ALREADY PASSED!!!
1. NFL Player Contract
Definition: A written agreement—or a series of related agreements executed at
or about the same time—between an individual and an NFL Club, under which
that individual is employed by the Club as a professional football player.
Key Concepts:
o Must conform strictly to the NFL Standard Player Contract
template set forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
o Any non-standard additions, side letters, or customized terms (e.g.,
signing bonuses, performance incentives, injury guarantees) must be
attached as official addenda and submitted to the NFL League Office
and NFLPA for approval.
2. Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
Definition: The governing union contract negotiated between the NFL Players
Association (NFLPA) and the NFL Management Council (representing the
32 club owners) that establishes the terms, rules, and conditions of employment
for all NFL players.
Key Concepts:
o Governs economic structures including the Salary Cap, Minimum
Player Salaries, Revenue Sharing, and the Rookie Compensation Pool.
o Dictates employment rules regarding free agency, offseason workout
regulations, practice limits, drug testing policies, medical care, and
grievance/arbitration procedures.
3. Draft (College Draft)
Definition: The NFL's annual selection process for eligible Rookie football
players, conducted in accordance with Article 6 (College Draft) of the CBA.
Key Concepts:
, o Grants the selecting NFL Club exclusive negotiating rights to that
rookie player for up to one year (or until the subsequent draft).
o Consists of 7 rounds structured in reverse order of the previous
season's standings (subject to trades and compensatory selections)
Drafted Rookie -ANSWER ✔✔A person who is selected in the current League
Year's Draft or whose Draft rights are held, or continue to be held, consistent
with this Agreement, by an NFL Club that selected the Rookie in a prior Draft.
Required Tender -ANSWER ✔✔A Player Contract tender that a Club is
required to make to a player pursuant to the CBA, either as a matter of right
with respect to the player, or to receive Rights of First Refusal, Draft Choice
Compensation and/or other rights with respect to the player, as specified in the
CBA.
Right of First Refusal -ANSWER ✔✔The right of an NFL Club, as described in
CBA Articles 9 (Veteran Free Agency) and 10 (Franchise and Transition
Players) to retain the services of certain Veteran players by matching offers
made to those players.
Draft Choice Compensation -ANSWER ✔✔The right of any Club, as described
in CBA Articles 9 (Veteran Free Agency) and Article 10 (Franchise and
Transition Players) to receive draft pick(s) from any other Club.
Exclusive Rights Player -ANSWER ✔✔A player whose contract expires at a
time when he has less than three Accrued Seasons in the NFL cannot market his
services to other clubs if his old club gives him a minimum salary tender, as
described in CBA Article 8, on or before the last day of that League Year. If the
tender is provided, this player can only re-sign with his old club (unless the
tender is later withdrawn).
, restricted free agent -ANSWER ✔✔A player whose contract expires when he
has earned three (3) Accrued Seasons. If his old club provides him with a
sufficient "Qualifying Offer", as described in CBA Article 9, on or before the
last day of that League Year, it retains the right to either match an offer the
player may get from another club or to receive draft choice compensation from
the club making the offer. The Qualifying Offer is based on the level of draft
choices the old club wants to receive. For example, the Qualifying Offer to a
player with three (3) Accrued Seasons in 2021 for the Club to receive a second-
round draft choice and the Right of First Refusal in 2021 is $3,384,000. For the
2021 League Year, the Restricted Free Agent has until April 23, 2021 to
generate an offer from another club. If he fails to get an offer, his exclusive
rights revert to the old club unless the Qualifying Offer is withdrawn.
Unrestricted Free Agent -ANSWER ✔✔As described in CBA Article 9, a
player whose contract expires when he has earned at least four (4) Accrued
Seasons is free to sign with any other club if he does so by July 22 of the same
year. If he does not sign elsewhere, his exclusive rights revert to his old club
after July 22 only if his old club has given him a written tender by the Monday
following the last day of that year's NFL Draft offering to re-sign him for an
additional year at a ten percent increase in. If his prior club does not tender such
player, then the player remains an Unrestricted Free Agent for the remainder of
that League Year. An Unrestricted Free Agent will be restricted in signing
elsewhere, however, if he is designated a Franchise or Transition Player.
Franchise Player -ANSWER ✔✔Each club may designate one player who
would otherwise be an Unrestricted Free Agent as a Franchise Player. The
designation must be made within a two-week period beginning on the twenty-
second day preceding the first day of the new League Year and will end at 4:00
p.m. New York time on the eighth day preceding the first day of the new
League Year. The club must tender the Franchise Player an offer equal to the
formula stated in Article 10 of the CBA or 120% of the player's Prior Year
Salary, whichever is greater. If the player's Club extends the nonexclusive
tender offer, the Franchise Player can seek offers from other clubs, but the old
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS ALREADY PASSED!!!
1. NFL Player Contract
Definition: A written agreement—or a series of related agreements executed at
or about the same time—between an individual and an NFL Club, under which
that individual is employed by the Club as a professional football player.
Key Concepts:
o Must conform strictly to the NFL Standard Player Contract
template set forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
o Any non-standard additions, side letters, or customized terms (e.g.,
signing bonuses, performance incentives, injury guarantees) must be
attached as official addenda and submitted to the NFL League Office
and NFLPA for approval.
2. Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
Definition: The governing union contract negotiated between the NFL Players
Association (NFLPA) and the NFL Management Council (representing the
32 club owners) that establishes the terms, rules, and conditions of employment
for all NFL players.
Key Concepts:
o Governs economic structures including the Salary Cap, Minimum
Player Salaries, Revenue Sharing, and the Rookie Compensation Pool.
o Dictates employment rules regarding free agency, offseason workout
regulations, practice limits, drug testing policies, medical care, and
grievance/arbitration procedures.
3. Draft (College Draft)
Definition: The NFL's annual selection process for eligible Rookie football
players, conducted in accordance with Article 6 (College Draft) of the CBA.
Key Concepts:
, o Grants the selecting NFL Club exclusive negotiating rights to that
rookie player for up to one year (or until the subsequent draft).
o Consists of 7 rounds structured in reverse order of the previous
season's standings (subject to trades and compensatory selections)
Drafted Rookie -ANSWER ✔✔A person who is selected in the current League
Year's Draft or whose Draft rights are held, or continue to be held, consistent
with this Agreement, by an NFL Club that selected the Rookie in a prior Draft.
Required Tender -ANSWER ✔✔A Player Contract tender that a Club is
required to make to a player pursuant to the CBA, either as a matter of right
with respect to the player, or to receive Rights of First Refusal, Draft Choice
Compensation and/or other rights with respect to the player, as specified in the
CBA.
Right of First Refusal -ANSWER ✔✔The right of an NFL Club, as described in
CBA Articles 9 (Veteran Free Agency) and 10 (Franchise and Transition
Players) to retain the services of certain Veteran players by matching offers
made to those players.
Draft Choice Compensation -ANSWER ✔✔The right of any Club, as described
in CBA Articles 9 (Veteran Free Agency) and Article 10 (Franchise and
Transition Players) to receive draft pick(s) from any other Club.
Exclusive Rights Player -ANSWER ✔✔A player whose contract expires at a
time when he has less than three Accrued Seasons in the NFL cannot market his
services to other clubs if his old club gives him a minimum salary tender, as
described in CBA Article 8, on or before the last day of that League Year. If the
tender is provided, this player can only re-sign with his old club (unless the
tender is later withdrawn).
, restricted free agent -ANSWER ✔✔A player whose contract expires when he
has earned three (3) Accrued Seasons. If his old club provides him with a
sufficient "Qualifying Offer", as described in CBA Article 9, on or before the
last day of that League Year, it retains the right to either match an offer the
player may get from another club or to receive draft choice compensation from
the club making the offer. The Qualifying Offer is based on the level of draft
choices the old club wants to receive. For example, the Qualifying Offer to a
player with three (3) Accrued Seasons in 2021 for the Club to receive a second-
round draft choice and the Right of First Refusal in 2021 is $3,384,000. For the
2021 League Year, the Restricted Free Agent has until April 23, 2021 to
generate an offer from another club. If he fails to get an offer, his exclusive
rights revert to the old club unless the Qualifying Offer is withdrawn.
Unrestricted Free Agent -ANSWER ✔✔As described in CBA Article 9, a
player whose contract expires when he has earned at least four (4) Accrued
Seasons is free to sign with any other club if he does so by July 22 of the same
year. If he does not sign elsewhere, his exclusive rights revert to his old club
after July 22 only if his old club has given him a written tender by the Monday
following the last day of that year's NFL Draft offering to re-sign him for an
additional year at a ten percent increase in. If his prior club does not tender such
player, then the player remains an Unrestricted Free Agent for the remainder of
that League Year. An Unrestricted Free Agent will be restricted in signing
elsewhere, however, if he is designated a Franchise or Transition Player.
Franchise Player -ANSWER ✔✔Each club may designate one player who
would otherwise be an Unrestricted Free Agent as a Franchise Player. The
designation must be made within a two-week period beginning on the twenty-
second day preceding the first day of the new League Year and will end at 4:00
p.m. New York time on the eighth day preceding the first day of the new
League Year. The club must tender the Franchise Player an offer equal to the
formula stated in Article 10 of the CBA or 120% of the player's Prior Year
Salary, whichever is greater. If the player's Club extends the nonexclusive
tender offer, the Franchise Player can seek offers from other clubs, but the old
