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Below are the rookie draft rules as will be stated in the :sacd rulebook.

5. Rookie Draft

5A. General Information

Only rookies (players with no prior NFL experience) will be eligible to be drafted in the rookie draft. The rookie draft will begin on or about one week after the first day of the NFL college draft (see Section 5B).

5B. Rookie Draft Details

The rookie draft will be 6 rounds in a NON-SERPENTINE fashion based on the prior years ranking for each team, with the 6 teams failing to make the playoffs picking from 1-6 and the 6 playoff qualifiers picking 7-12 based on their finish. The :sacd Bowl runner up will pick 11th with the winner picking 12th. Spots 7-10 will the playoff seeding, with the worst seed picking 7th.

Rookies will have a predetermined base salary based on their position and draft slot a players is drafted in. The base salaries are as follows:

QB RB WR TE K DL LB DB

1.1 450 600 400 175 175 250 450 400

1.2 445 595 395 175 175 250 445 395

1.3 440 590 390 170 170 245 440 390

1.4 435 585 385 170 170 245 435 385

1.5 430 580 380 165 165 240 430 380

1.6 425 575 375 165 165 240 425 375

1.7 420 570 370 160 160 235 420 370

1.8 415 565 365 160 160 235 415 365

1.9 410 560 360 155 155 230 410 360

1.10 405 555 355 155 155 230 405 355

1.11 400 550 350 150 150 225 400 350

1.12 395 545 345 150 150 225 395 345

2.1 390 540 340 145 145 220 390 340

2.2 385 535 335 145 145 220 385 335

2.3 380 530 330 140 140 215 380 330

2.4 375 525 325 140 140 215 375 325

2.5 370 520 320 135 135 210 370 320

2.6 365 515 315 135 135 210 365 315

2.7 360 510 310 130 130 205 360 310

2.8 355 505 305 130 130 205 355 305

2.9 350 500 300 125 125 200 350 300

2.10 345 495 295 125 125 200 345 295

2.11 340 490 290 120 120 195 340 290

2.12 335 485 285 120 120 195 335 285

3.1 330 480 280 115 115 190 330 280

3.2 325 475 275 115 115 190 325 275

3.3 320 470 270 110 110 185 320 270

3.4 315 465 265 110 110 185 315 265

3.5 310 460 260 105 105 180 310 260

3.6 305 455 255 105 105 180 305 255

3.7 300 450 250 100 100 175 300 250

3.8 295 445 245 100 100 175 295 245

3.9 290 440 240 100 100 170 290 240

3.10 285 435 235 100 100 170 285 235

3.11 280 430 230 100 100 165 280 230

3.12 275 425 225 100 100 165 275 225

4.1 270 420 220 100 100 160 270 220

4.2 265 415 215 100 100 160 265 215

4.3 260 410 210 100 100 155 260 210

4.4 255 405 205 100 100 155 255 205

4.5 250 400 200 100 100 150 250 200

4.6 245 395 195 100 100 150 245 195

4.7 240 390 190 100 100 145 240 190

4.8 235 385 185 100 100 145 235 185

4.9 230 380 180 100 100 140 230 180

4.10 225 375 175 100 100 140 225 175

4.11 220 370 170 100 100 135 220 170

4.12 215 365 165 100 100 135 215 165

5.1 210 360 160 100 100 130 210 160

5.2 205 355 155 100 100 130 205 155

5.3 200 350 150 100 100 125 200 150

5.4 195 345 145 100 100 125 195 145

5.5 190 340 140 100 100 120 190 140

5.6 185 335 135 100 100 120 185 135

5.7 180 330 130 100 100 115 180 130

5.8 175 325 125 100 100 115 175 125

5.9 170 320 120 100 100 110 170 120

5.10 165 315 115 100 100 110 165 115

5.11 160 310 110 100 100 105 160 110

5.12 155 305 105 100 100 105 155 105

6.1 150 300 100 100 100 100 150 100

6.2 145 295 100 100 100 100 145 100

6.3 140 290 100 100 100 100 140 100

6.4 135 285 100 100 100 100 135 100

6.5 130 280 100 100 100 100 130 100

6.6 125 275 100 100 100 100 125 100

6.7 120 270 100 100 100 100 120 100

6.8 115 265 100 100 100 100 115 100

6.9 110 260 100 100 100 100 110 100

6.10 105 255 100 100 100 100 105 100

6.11 100 250 100 100 100 100 100 100

6.12 100 245 100 100 100 100 100 100

In addition to these base salaries, rookies will earn bonuses based on their performance each year of their original rookie contract. These bonuses will be based on their year end ranking among players of the same position. Players drafted after round 1 will receive a lower bonus for equal performance. That is, second round players receive a bonus 75% of that of a 1st round pick, 3rd round receive 25%, and 4th round receive 25%. Performance bonuses are earned on top of the standard 10% raise, not in place of it.

The minimum raise is 10% of the previous years salary. Any incentive bonus earned is above and beyond the standard minimum raise.

Further, each rookie will have a maximum salary that his contract can hit with incentive bonuses. The maximum salaries will vary on position and round drafted. When calculating for the maximum salary, the player will first be assessed his 10% annual contract increase, and then any applicable signing bonus will be applied up to the maximum salary payable according to the players position and the player was drafted in. Once an incentive clause bumps the contract at or above the maximum salary, incentive bonuses will no longer apply, although the 10% annual contract will still apply on any remaining years of the contract.

The bonuses and Maximum Salaries are as follows:

QBs 1st Rd 2nd Rd 3rd Rd 4th Rd

#1 QB 575 431 288 144

2-5 400 300 200 100

6-10 230 173 115 58

11-20 115 86 58 29

All others 10.00%

Max Salary 1380 1035 690 345


RBs 1st Rd 2nd Rd 3rd Rd 4th Rd

#1 690 518 345 173

2-5 518 388 259 129

6-10 345 259 173 86

11-20 230 173 115 58

All others 10.00%

Max Salary 2300 1725 1150 575


WRs 1st Rd 2nd Rd 3rd Rd 4th Rd

#1 518 388 259 129

2-5 345 259 173 86

6-10 230 173 115 58

11-20 115 86 58 29

All others 10.00%

Max Salary 1265 949 633 316


TEs 1st Rd 2nd Rd 3rd Rd 4th Rd

#1 259 194 129 65

#2 230 173 115 58

#3 201 151 101 50

#4 173 129 86 43

#5 144 108 72 36

6-10 58 43 29 14

All others 10.00%

Max Salary 750 563 375 188


DLs 1st Rd 2nd Rd 3rd Rd 4th Rd

#1 288 216 144 72

2-5 230 173 115 58

6-10 173 129 86 43

11-20 115 86 58 29

All others 10.00%

Max Salary 920 690 460 230


LBs 1st Rd 2nd Rd 3rd Rd 4th Rd

#1 QB 575 431 288 144

2-5 403 302 201 101

6-10 230 173 115 58

11-20 115 86 58 29

All others 10.00%

Max Salary 1380 1035 690 345


DBs 1st Rd 2nd Rd 3rd Rd 4th Rd

#1 518 388 259 129

2-5 345 259 173 86

6-10 230 173 115 58

11-20 115 86 58 29

All others 10.00%

Max Salary 1265 949 633 316

Teams will be allowed to trade future draft picks up to 1 season in advance, therefore you can trade picks for the 2006 season in 2005, however, you could not trade picks for the 2007 season.

Teams are required to assign contract years and declare active or development squad roster assignments to rookies by the end of the off-season free-agency period which ends August 15th each season. Rookies will not count against your cap until contract years have been assigned and they have been placed on your Active Roster or if they have been placed on your Development Squad, therefore if you were to include the costs of your rookies, you can exceed your cap during the off-season up until the time you assign contract years and declare whether the rookie will be on your Active Roster or Development Squad. If placed on your Active Roster, you must have room under the cap to accommodate the player. If a rookie is not declared active or DS by the end of the free agency period, he will become a free agent available to open bidding. Rookies may be cut during the off-season free-agency period with no cap hit, however, once they are declared active the cap penalty rules will apply.

Once the rookie draft begins, teams will have 24 hours to make a selection if the previous selection was made on Monday through Thursday, and 48 hours to make a selection if the previous pick was on a Friday or Saturday.

When you make your selection, please list your pick number 1st, followed by Position Player Name, and NFL Team in the Subject bar.

For example, Jersey has the #1 pick, his thread subject should read:
1.1 RB Ronnie Brown, Miami

Make any commentary (which is encouraged) in the message area of the thread.
Following the example above, the message commentary could read:
Pretty much everybody's consensus pick here and I NEED RB's!

Each team will be responsible for monitoring the draft THEMSELVES. We will not send out e-mail reminders telling you when you are up.

If your time limit expires, the next team(s) in line is(are) free to make their selection(s) (with salaries set at their original draft position, not the one they moved up into). Teams that are skipped can step back in at any time, however the player they select will receive the salary for the slot they were originally slated to draft in.

Draft Picks CANNOT be waived. Remember, you can cut a rookie pick with no cap hit until August 15th, so there is no reason not to make a pick.


5C. Supplemental Draft

Any player drafted by the NFL (whether rookie or supplemental) must be required to be exposed to a :sacd rookie draft before being granted outright UFA. Further, :sacd will implement a blind Supplemental Draft on an as needed basis (i.e. whenever the NFL holds one and a player is drafted).

The draft would consist of all interested teams e-mailing a 3rd party or blind source the player(s) they would like to draft, and what round & team's pick (since teams may hold others picks in the next years draft) they're willing to forgoe the following year to claim said player(s).

The team willing to give up the highest pick would get the player(s), and in the event of a tie (where 2 or more teams submit the same round for any player) we would go by the current years rookie draft order for the picks listed to be forfeited in exchange for the player(s) with the highest pick being the winner.

Any necessary supplemental draft would be scheduled within 3 weeks of the conclusion of the NFL's Supplemental draft for any given year.

1. If a player is selected through the supplemental draft his salary would be based on the pick that was given up for him. If pick 2.5 was the winning pick and the player is a RB his salary will be $720.

2. You can offer any pick in the following years draft as long as you own said pick and specify which pick is being used, if you hold multiple picks in a round. This is what the Texans did to get Hollings (using the Raiders pick).

3. The player if selected through the supplemental draft would be DS eligible.

4. Players that are exposed to the supplemental draft and not selected become UFA's just like players from our regular annual draft.