NFL AGENT CORRECT STUDYS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔A player is on his team's roster for the entire 2020, 2021 and 2022 seasons. The
player decides to hold out to start the 2023 training camp. His holdout keeps him out
from training camp for 3 days. At the end of the season, the player is a(n): -
✔✔Restricted Free Agent Because he did not report on time, he did not get an accrued
season.
✔✔For a player placed on injured reserve, which of the following is the player allowed to
do? - ✔✔All of the above This comes directly from the source materials and will be
explicitly laid out.
✔✔A team signs a Player with 5 Accrued Seasons to their practice squad in 2022 that
pays him $16,000 per week. This contract is: - ✔✔Permissible This was updated as part
of the side letters from the last year. This will be given to you in your materials.
However, the new rule is: a) for 2021 - a player who has unlimited accrued seasons
who is on practice squad may earn a maximum of $14,000 per week; b) for 2022 - a
player who has unlimited accrued seasons who is practice squad may earn in the range
of $15,400 to 19,200 per week.
✔✔Player A, a rookie, is on the practice squad of Club A. Club B signs Player A to its
active roster in Week 12. After the Week 12 game, Club B cuts Player A. Which of the
following is true? - ✔✔Player A will receive two additional weeks of active/inactive
Salary Any club that signs a player off the practice squad of another club is obligated to
pay that player three weeks of active/inactive pay and hold a roster spot for that player
for three weeks, even if they cut him.
✔✔A player is injured with Club A in Week 9 of the regular season. The player reaches
a six-week injury settlement with Club A. Club B wants to the sign the player in Week
11. Which of the following is true? - ✔✔The player can sign with Club B A player cannot
return to the same team with which he entered into an injury settlement until the length
,of the settlement plus an additional 3 weeks. That same player, however, may sign with
any other club at any time.
✔✔A player is signed by a CFL team with two weeks left in the 2020 CFL season to a
contract only for the remainder of the CFL season. The player plays in the team's last
two games. After the 2020 CFL season, on Dec. 2, 2020, an NFL club wants to sign the
player. Which of the following is true? - ✔✔The player cannot sign with an NFL team
during the 2018, under any circumstance A player cannot play in the NFL and CFL in
the same season.
✔✔A 7th-round rookie player has a preseason-only split in his contract with Paragraph
5 minimums for each season. On the first play of the first game of the season, the
player is injured. The player is then placed on injured reserve. Which of the following is
true? - ✔✔The player gets: rookie minimum active/inactive salary, an accrued season
and a credited season for benefits Since the player's split was for preseason only, and
his injury occurred in the regular season, he will get the "up" amount, not the split
amount. Since he got at least six games of pay, he will get an accrued season. Since he
got at least three games of pay, he will get a credited season for benefits.
✔✔Bigarm Passer is a veteran quarterback who is going into his 11th consecutive
season with Club A in 2020. Club A's first regular season game in 2020 is Sunday,
Sept. 13. Which of the following is the earliest that Club A can require Bigarm to report
to training camp? - ✔✔July 23 QBs are exempt from the rule that players cannot report
more than 47 days prior to their club's first regular season game.
✔✔During the regular season, Club A schedules its padded practices as follows: a) one
practice every other week thru Week 12 and b) two per week for Weeks 14 thru 17.
Which of the following is true? - ✔✔The schedule is impermissible because there are
too many padded practices after Week 11 Teams are allowed to have a maximum of 14
total padded practices. Of these, during the first 11 weeks, they may have one per
week. For the remaining six weeks, they may have a total of three, with no more than
one per week.
✔✔Player A is a six-year veteran and has three years remaining on his contract with
Club A heading into the 2018 season. Player A's contract contains a no-trade clause.
Club A releases Player A on the Tuesday after the Week 10 game of the 2018 season.
Player A is then claimed by Club B. Which of the following is true? - ✔✔Player A may
declare himself an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2018 league year A player
who has a no-trade clause may declare himself a free agent if he is claimed on waivers
in the last year of his contract.
✔✔Player A is a 10-year veteran on Club B. Player A plays in eight games for Club B in
the 2020 season. After the 9th game, Player A is waived by Club B. His is then claimed
by Club C. In that same season, Club B and Club C face each other in the Super Bowl,
in which Club C wins. How much does Player A make for the Super Bowl? -
, ✔✔$195,000 A veteran player who plays eight games for a team and is no longer on
that team is entitled to collect the full amount of a playoff game check for that game,
provided he is not under contract to another team in the same conference.
✔✔Player A is on Club A. Player A gets injured on Aug. 1, 2020. Player A is then
waived by Club A on Aug. 2, 2020. When is the latest that Player A can file an injury
grievance against Club A? - ✔✔August 27 A player has 25 days from the date he knew
his contract was terminated to file an injury grievance
✔✔What is the maximum number of times a player in Stage 2 of the Substances of
Abuse Program may be tested in a month? - ✔✔10 This is in the Policy on Substances
of Abuse - see Section 1.5.2(a
✔✔A player who provides a pre-employment dilute specimen which tests negative
under the Limits of Detection shall have what designation under Program on
Substances of Abuse? - ✔✔Stage One - by Behavior Per Appendix A, Paragraph 2(b).
✔✔Player A is drafted by Club B in 2020. In 2020, he is on the active roster for two
games before being placed on injured reserve for the remainder of the season. In 2021,
he is on the active roster for five games before again being placed on injured reserve. In
2022 and 2023, he spends the entire season on the active roster. What benefits has
Player A qualified for? - ✔✔Severance, Pension and Annuity See articles 53, 55, 60
✔✔Player C is drafted by Club D in 2020. In 2020, he is on the active roster for two
games before being placed on injured reserve for the remainder of the season. In 2021,
he is on the active roster for five games before again being placed on injured reserve. In
2022 and 2023, he spends the entire season on the active roster. If he retires after the
2023 season, what will his severance amount be: - ✔✔$125,000 See Article 59
(severance pay). Player C earns a credited season for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Therefore:2020: $30,000 (active 2 games + IR)2021: $30,000 (active 5 games +
IR)2022: $30,000 (active entire season)2023: $35,000 (active entire season)Total:
$125,000
✔✔Player G is drafted by Club H in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL draft. He signs the
maximum length contract and receives a signing bonus of $200,000. Assuming he
receives the minimum CBA salary in Year 1, but then receives the maximum allowable
salary for years 2, 3 and 4, what is his salary in year 4? - ✔✔$1,105,000 Formula =
$200,000 SB / 4 Yrs = $50k cap hit each year. Yr 1 min = $610, so total cap in Y1 =
$660k. 25% rule = max increase each year of $165,000. Max cap in Y4 = $660k + (3 *
$165 = $495) = $1,155,000. So if Y4 max cap is $1,155,000, with $50,000 already
allocated for SB, then max salary in Y4 is $1,105,000.
✔✔Player X is a seven-year veteran heading into the 2020 season. He starts the
season sitting at home and in Week 10, Club J signs Player X to a minimum salary
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔A player is on his team's roster for the entire 2020, 2021 and 2022 seasons. The
player decides to hold out to start the 2023 training camp. His holdout keeps him out
from training camp for 3 days. At the end of the season, the player is a(n): -
✔✔Restricted Free Agent Because he did not report on time, he did not get an accrued
season.
✔✔For a player placed on injured reserve, which of the following is the player allowed to
do? - ✔✔All of the above This comes directly from the source materials and will be
explicitly laid out.
✔✔A team signs a Player with 5 Accrued Seasons to their practice squad in 2022 that
pays him $16,000 per week. This contract is: - ✔✔Permissible This was updated as part
of the side letters from the last year. This will be given to you in your materials.
However, the new rule is: a) for 2021 - a player who has unlimited accrued seasons
who is on practice squad may earn a maximum of $14,000 per week; b) for 2022 - a
player who has unlimited accrued seasons who is practice squad may earn in the range
of $15,400 to 19,200 per week.
✔✔Player A, a rookie, is on the practice squad of Club A. Club B signs Player A to its
active roster in Week 12. After the Week 12 game, Club B cuts Player A. Which of the
following is true? - ✔✔Player A will receive two additional weeks of active/inactive
Salary Any club that signs a player off the practice squad of another club is obligated to
pay that player three weeks of active/inactive pay and hold a roster spot for that player
for three weeks, even if they cut him.
✔✔A player is injured with Club A in Week 9 of the regular season. The player reaches
a six-week injury settlement with Club A. Club B wants to the sign the player in Week
11. Which of the following is true? - ✔✔The player can sign with Club B A player cannot
return to the same team with which he entered into an injury settlement until the length
,of the settlement plus an additional 3 weeks. That same player, however, may sign with
any other club at any time.
✔✔A player is signed by a CFL team with two weeks left in the 2020 CFL season to a
contract only for the remainder of the CFL season. The player plays in the team's last
two games. After the 2020 CFL season, on Dec. 2, 2020, an NFL club wants to sign the
player. Which of the following is true? - ✔✔The player cannot sign with an NFL team
during the 2018, under any circumstance A player cannot play in the NFL and CFL in
the same season.
✔✔A 7th-round rookie player has a preseason-only split in his contract with Paragraph
5 minimums for each season. On the first play of the first game of the season, the
player is injured. The player is then placed on injured reserve. Which of the following is
true? - ✔✔The player gets: rookie minimum active/inactive salary, an accrued season
and a credited season for benefits Since the player's split was for preseason only, and
his injury occurred in the regular season, he will get the "up" amount, not the split
amount. Since he got at least six games of pay, he will get an accrued season. Since he
got at least three games of pay, he will get a credited season for benefits.
✔✔Bigarm Passer is a veteran quarterback who is going into his 11th consecutive
season with Club A in 2020. Club A's first regular season game in 2020 is Sunday,
Sept. 13. Which of the following is the earliest that Club A can require Bigarm to report
to training camp? - ✔✔July 23 QBs are exempt from the rule that players cannot report
more than 47 days prior to their club's first regular season game.
✔✔During the regular season, Club A schedules its padded practices as follows: a) one
practice every other week thru Week 12 and b) two per week for Weeks 14 thru 17.
Which of the following is true? - ✔✔The schedule is impermissible because there are
too many padded practices after Week 11 Teams are allowed to have a maximum of 14
total padded practices. Of these, during the first 11 weeks, they may have one per
week. For the remaining six weeks, they may have a total of three, with no more than
one per week.
✔✔Player A is a six-year veteran and has three years remaining on his contract with
Club A heading into the 2018 season. Player A's contract contains a no-trade clause.
Club A releases Player A on the Tuesday after the Week 10 game of the 2018 season.
Player A is then claimed by Club B. Which of the following is true? - ✔✔Player A may
declare himself an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2018 league year A player
who has a no-trade clause may declare himself a free agent if he is claimed on waivers
in the last year of his contract.
✔✔Player A is a 10-year veteran on Club B. Player A plays in eight games for Club B in
the 2020 season. After the 9th game, Player A is waived by Club B. His is then claimed
by Club C. In that same season, Club B and Club C face each other in the Super Bowl,
in which Club C wins. How much does Player A make for the Super Bowl? -
, ✔✔$195,000 A veteran player who plays eight games for a team and is no longer on
that team is entitled to collect the full amount of a playoff game check for that game,
provided he is not under contract to another team in the same conference.
✔✔Player A is on Club A. Player A gets injured on Aug. 1, 2020. Player A is then
waived by Club A on Aug. 2, 2020. When is the latest that Player A can file an injury
grievance against Club A? - ✔✔August 27 A player has 25 days from the date he knew
his contract was terminated to file an injury grievance
✔✔What is the maximum number of times a player in Stage 2 of the Substances of
Abuse Program may be tested in a month? - ✔✔10 This is in the Policy on Substances
of Abuse - see Section 1.5.2(a
✔✔A player who provides a pre-employment dilute specimen which tests negative
under the Limits of Detection shall have what designation under Program on
Substances of Abuse? - ✔✔Stage One - by Behavior Per Appendix A, Paragraph 2(b).
✔✔Player A is drafted by Club B in 2020. In 2020, he is on the active roster for two
games before being placed on injured reserve for the remainder of the season. In 2021,
he is on the active roster for five games before again being placed on injured reserve. In
2022 and 2023, he spends the entire season on the active roster. What benefits has
Player A qualified for? - ✔✔Severance, Pension and Annuity See articles 53, 55, 60
✔✔Player C is drafted by Club D in 2020. In 2020, he is on the active roster for two
games before being placed on injured reserve for the remainder of the season. In 2021,
he is on the active roster for five games before again being placed on injured reserve. In
2022 and 2023, he spends the entire season on the active roster. If he retires after the
2023 season, what will his severance amount be: - ✔✔$125,000 See Article 59
(severance pay). Player C earns a credited season for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Therefore:2020: $30,000 (active 2 games + IR)2021: $30,000 (active 5 games +
IR)2022: $30,000 (active entire season)2023: $35,000 (active entire season)Total:
$125,000
✔✔Player G is drafted by Club H in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL draft. He signs the
maximum length contract and receives a signing bonus of $200,000. Assuming he
receives the minimum CBA salary in Year 1, but then receives the maximum allowable
salary for years 2, 3 and 4, what is his salary in year 4? - ✔✔$1,105,000 Formula =
$200,000 SB / 4 Yrs = $50k cap hit each year. Yr 1 min = $610, so total cap in Y1 =
$660k. 25% rule = max increase each year of $165,000. Max cap in Y4 = $660k + (3 *
$165 = $495) = $1,155,000. So if Y4 max cap is $1,155,000, with $50,000 already
allocated for SB, then max salary in Y4 is $1,105,000.
✔✔Player X is a seven-year veteran heading into the 2020 season. He starts the
season sitting at home and in Week 10, Club J signs Player X to a minimum salary
