NFL Agent Exam (2025 updated) QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (DETAILED &
ELABORATED)
Terms in this set (85) QUIZZES VERIFIED ANSWERS
1) NFL Player Contract A written agreement or series of such
agreements executed at or about the
same time between a person and an
NFL Club pursuant to which such
person is employed by such Club as a
professional football player.
2) Collective Bargaining Agreement The union contract between the NFL
(CBA) Players Association and the NFL
Management Council covering the
terms and conditions of employment of
all NFL players.
3) Draft or College Draft The NFL's annual draft of Rookie
football players described in CBA
Article 6 (College Draft).
4) Drafted Rookie 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.
5) Required Tender 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.
6) Right of First Refusal 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.
7) Draft Choice Compensation 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.
,8) Exclusive Rights Player 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withdrawn).
9) restricted free agent 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.
10) Unrestricted Free Agent 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-
AND ANSWERS (DETAILED &
ELABORATED)
Terms in this set (85) QUIZZES VERIFIED ANSWERS
1) NFL Player Contract A written agreement or series of such
agreements executed at or about the
same time between a person and an
NFL Club pursuant to which such
person is employed by such Club as a
professional football player.
2) Collective Bargaining Agreement The union contract between the NFL
(CBA) Players Association and the NFL
Management Council covering the
terms and conditions of employment of
all NFL players.
3) Draft or College Draft The NFL's annual draft of Rookie
football players described in CBA
Article 6 (College Draft).
4) Drafted Rookie 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.
5) Required Tender 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.
6) Right of First Refusal 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.
7) Draft Choice Compensation 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.
,8) Exclusive Rights Player 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).
9) restricted free agent 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.
10) Unrestricted Free Agent 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-
