re: NFL "Late Round" Rookie Salary Differences: 2008 to 2013

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All this talk of getting a second contract early and the majority of those guys will not get a second contract.

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Agreed. I think that the real stats for a 5th rounder when you combine being waived plus injuries are not very good.

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It's basically one shot to earn some cash.

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Yep. And, under the old CBA, as long as you didn't think you'd fall, staying made some sense because you might rise into noticably better money.

Now, the rise would have to be dramatic to make much of a difference money wise. Hence, people leave. The motivator now is the lack of big early round money in comparison.