30 May 09 A brief introduction of NFL
A brief introduction of NFL
The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities. The league was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, which adopted the name "National Football League" in 1922. The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues of North America.
These numbers are set by contract between the NFL and the players’ union, the National Football League Players’ Association. These numbers are of course exceeded dramatically by the best players in each position.
Salaries and the salary cap
The minimum salary for an NFL player is $230,000 in his first year, and rises after that based on the number of years in service:
Exhibition game minimum is $10,000.00
Escalating player salaries throughout the 1980s and the advent of free agency in 1992 led to the NFL’s adoption of a salary cap in 1994, a maximum amount of money each team can pay its players in aggregate.
