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The NFL has released the rookie salary pool for the 2010 season. The rookie pool is still in place even without a salary cap. Here is what counts toward the number according to NFLLabor.com:
Each NFL club has a different rookie salary pool based upon the number of draft picks the team has and the position of those picks. Teams with more picks and higher picks have larger salary pools than teams with fewer and/or lower picks in the draft.As in past years, the rookie salary pool counts ONLY the base salary, pro-rated signing bonus and "likely-to-be earned" incentives (such as roster bonuses) earned in a player’s rookie season. The rookie salary pool does NOT take into account option bonuses exercised in future years, base salary guaranteed in future years, the remaining pro-rated amount of the rookie-year signing bonus, or "not-likely-to-be-earned" incentives (such as playtime that is coupled with team improvement in various statistical categories) earned under the rookie contract.
The Titans number for 2010 is $4.683 million. The Rams have the biggest pool at $7.596 million and the Bears have the smallest at $2.003 million (They only had 5 picks).
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