What is it and what are the franchise player tags in the NFL?

The 2022 NFL season is approaching -well, it’s a little while away-, but to get to the first week as a diehard fan of everything that has to do with the field, here we are breaking down what things are in American football . We already explained the salary capthe punishments at stake and now it’s up to the franchise player tag.

Basically, The franchise tag is the tag used by NFL teams to retain a player who is about to become a franchise player. free agentalmost like when you forgot your wedding anniversary and you have to do something to make your partner happy.

This retention tool or call franchise tag in the NFL can only be used once per season and a maximum of three times in a single player, but, not everything is positive for the franchises -it’s not about putting the label and that’s it-.

This franchise player label has a risk for the teams and yes, it ensures that the player who intends to test free agency ends up playing on your team, but with a guaranteed amount of money, that is, that the money that the contract says has to be 100% for the player.

Let’s explain this situation better, Aaron Rodgers He has just renewed a contract with the Packers for four years and 200 million dollars, of that amount, 153 are guaranteed and the rest will be resolved depending on whether the player decides to leave the team, then those who put the label of franchise player have their money more than assured.

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Since when is the franchise tag in the NFL?

Said franchise player label was born in 1993, that is, he has been in the NFL for years and there are actually three types of etiquette for players. Slow down brainiac, I would say in The Simpsons, but we better explain them in detail.

• exclusive: What this franchise tag does is prevent the player from trading with other teams during free agency. The player with this tag earns the average of the five highest salaries of his position
• not exclusive: Here, the player can negotiate with other teams and in fact, can receive offers, but when they receive one, the team that tagged the player has the right to match that offer. If he does not match the offer, the team he tagged receives two draft picks in compensation and in this franchise tag he also earns the average of the five highest salaries in his position.
• Of Transition: Very similar to non-exclusive, but in this tag, if the tagged team decides not to match the offer the player received, they do not receive any compensatory draft picks. In this, the player receives the average of the 10 highest salaries of his position.

Once the player receives the franchise tag, both parties (player and team) have until July to sign the long-term or one-year contract and the established amount.

But here’s the good stuff for the players, well if a player receives for the second consecutive year, he must be paid 120% of his previous salary and if he receives the franchise tag for the third consecutive year (and the last) he receives 144% of his previous salary.

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