NFL Agent EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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1. NFL Player Contract - ANSWER ✔ A written agreement or series of such
agreements executed at or about the same time between a person and an
NFL Club pursuant to which such person is employed by such Club as a
professional football player.
2. Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) - ANSWER ✔ The union contract
between the NFL Players Association and the NFL Management Council
covering the terms and conditions of employment of all NFL players.
3. Draft or College Draft - ANSWER ✔ The NFL's annual draft of Rookie
football players described in CBA Article 6 (College Draft).
4. Drafted Rookie - ANSWER ✔ A person who is selected in the current
League Year's Draft or whose Draft rights are held, or continue to be held,
consistent with this Agreement, by an NFL Club that selected the Rookie in
a prior Draft.
5. Required Tender - ANSWER ✔ A Player Contract tender that a Club is
required to make to a player pursuant to the CBA, either as a matter of right
, with respect to the player, or to receive Rights of First Refusal, Draft Choice
Compensation and/or other rights with respect to the player, as specified in
the CBA.
6. Right of First Refusal - ANSWER ✔ The right of an NFL Club, as described
in CBA Articles 9 (Veteran Free Agency) and 10 (Franchise and Transition
Players) to retain the services of certain Veteran players by matching offers
made to those players.
7. Draft Choice Compensation - ANSWER ✔ The right of any Club, as
described in CBA Articles 9 (Veteran Free Agency) and Article 10
(Franchise and Transition Players) to receive draft pick(s) from any other
Club.
8. Exclusive Rights Player - ANSWER ✔ A player whose contract expires at a
time when he has less than three Accrued Seasons in the NFL cannot market
his services to other clubs if his old club gives him a minimum salary tender,
as described in CBA Article 8, on or before the last day of that League Year.
If the tender is provided, this player can only re-sign with his old club
(unless the tender is later withdrawn).
9. Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) Roster Move - ANSWER ✔ Beginning
the day after the Club's sixth regular season game the Club is permitted to
return the player to practice for a period not to exceed 21 days. During this
time, the player may be restored to the Club's Active/Inactive list. If the
player is not restored to the Active/Inactive list, the player is prohibited from
practicing and may not be restored to the Club's Active/Inactive list for the
remainder of the season.
10.Non-Football Injury or Illness (NFI) - ANSWER ✔ A Player who fails the
preseason physical of his Club because of an injury or illness unrelated to
, football may be placed on the Non-Football Injury or Illness List (NFI) if the
injury or illness renders him unable to play football. A Player who suffers an
injury or illness unrelated to football after passing the Club's preseason
physical may also be placed on NFI. If placed on NFI in this manner a
player will not be able to return to practice or play with his Club at any time
during the season unless he is Designated For Return.
11.Non-Football Injury or Illness (NFI) Salary - ANSWER ✔ A Player will not
be entitled to receive his salary while on NFI, however the Club may elect to
pay the player all or part of his negotiated Paragraph 5 Salary.
12.What is required for an NFL Club to negotiate a contract? - ANSWER ✔
The individual must be certified by the NFLPA.
13.What happens if an NFL Club negotiates with an uncertified individual? -
ANSWER ✔ The team will receive a $47,000 fine, which increases by 5%
each league year starting in 2021.
14.A player is drafted in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL rookie draft and
signs a four-year contract with his club. The player is active for eight games
in 2020, and 16 games in both 2021 and 2022. In 2023, how many games
must the player be on full-pay status to become eligible to be an unrestricted
free agent in 2024? - ANSWER ✔ 6 The Free Agency system is based on
Accrued Seasons. Players must be on full-pay status for 6 or more games to
gain an accrued season. Players with 4 or more accrued seasons become
unrestricted free agents.
15.In 2020, a player hires Agent A to negotiate a four-year deal on his behalf. It
is an $8,000,000.00 contract that pays the player $2,000,000.00 per year in
each year of the contract. At the end of the third year (2022), the player
terminates Agent A and hires Agent B. Agent B then renegotiates a new
three-year deal for the player. In this case, the fourth year of the old contract
, and the first year of the new contract are the same year: 2023. The new
contract value is $3,000,000.00 per year through 2025. Both agents' fees are
3% of the contract. How much does each agent get in 2023? - ANSWER ✔
Agent A receives $60,000.00. Agent B receives $30,000.00. Agent A is
entitled to fees equal to the value of the deal he or she negotiated. Agent B is
entitled to a fee on any remaining value above the original deal in that year
that he or she negotiated
16.The types of Substance Abuse testing for drugs other than THC are: -
ANSWER ✔ Pre-employment, pre-season, intervention stages, testing by
agreement See NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse, p. 10-11,
Section 1.3.1.
17.During a player's senior year of college he receives a prescription for
Adderall, a common ADD/ADHD medication. He does not finish the entire
prescription at that time. Just prior to training camp, the player decides the
medication will help him concentrate while learning the playbook and
begins to use the remainder of his prescription. The player then submits a
drug test, which he fails due to the presence of his medication. He
immediately submits his prescription to the league to avoid having a positive
test. - ANSWER ✔ The player will be suspended for two games without pay
for failure to submit a Therapeutic Use Exemption form prior to the failed
test. Failure to submit a TUE prior to a failed test will result in an automatic
violation of League policy.
18.In 2021, a non-unlimited accrued seasons player is designated to an NFL
club's practice squad for 11 weeks and then released. The total salary the
player will receive from the NFL club is: - ANSWER ✔ $101,200.00 This
was agreed to in a new side letter between the NFL and NFLPA. You will be
given this side letter in your packet or given an update when the seminar
begins. The new practice squad rules set a fixed salary for players who are
normally eligible for practice squad and, for 2021, a fixed salary for players
with unlimited accrued seasons. Starting in 2022, players with unlimited
2026/2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. NFL Player Contract - ANSWER ✔ A written agreement or series of such
agreements executed at or about the same time between a person and an
NFL Club pursuant to which such person is employed by such Club as a
professional football player.
2. Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) - ANSWER ✔ The union contract
between the NFL Players Association and the NFL Management Council
covering the terms and conditions of employment of all NFL players.
3. Draft or College Draft - ANSWER ✔ The NFL's annual draft of Rookie
football players described in CBA Article 6 (College Draft).
4. Drafted Rookie - ANSWER ✔ A person who is selected in the current
League Year's Draft or whose Draft rights are held, or continue to be held,
consistent with this Agreement, by an NFL Club that selected the Rookie in
a prior Draft.
5. Required Tender - ANSWER ✔ A Player Contract tender that a Club is
required to make to a player pursuant to the CBA, either as a matter of right
, with respect to the player, or to receive Rights of First Refusal, Draft Choice
Compensation and/or other rights with respect to the player, as specified in
the CBA.
6. Right of First Refusal - ANSWER ✔ The right of an NFL Club, as described
in CBA Articles 9 (Veteran Free Agency) and 10 (Franchise and Transition
Players) to retain the services of certain Veteran players by matching offers
made to those players.
7. Draft Choice Compensation - ANSWER ✔ The right of any Club, as
described in CBA Articles 9 (Veteran Free Agency) and Article 10
(Franchise and Transition Players) to receive draft pick(s) from any other
Club.
8. Exclusive Rights Player - ANSWER ✔ A player whose contract expires at a
time when he has less than three Accrued Seasons in the NFL cannot market
his services to other clubs if his old club gives him a minimum salary tender,
as described in CBA Article 8, on or before the last day of that League Year.
If the tender is provided, this player can only re-sign with his old club
(unless the tender is later withdrawn).
9. Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) Roster Move - ANSWER ✔ Beginning
the day after the Club's sixth regular season game the Club is permitted to
return the player to practice for a period not to exceed 21 days. During this
time, the player may be restored to the Club's Active/Inactive list. If the
player is not restored to the Active/Inactive list, the player is prohibited from
practicing and may not be restored to the Club's Active/Inactive list for the
remainder of the season.
10.Non-Football Injury or Illness (NFI) - ANSWER ✔ A Player who fails the
preseason physical of his Club because of an injury or illness unrelated to
, football may be placed on the Non-Football Injury or Illness List (NFI) if the
injury or illness renders him unable to play football. A Player who suffers an
injury or illness unrelated to football after passing the Club's preseason
physical may also be placed on NFI. If placed on NFI in this manner a
player will not be able to return to practice or play with his Club at any time
during the season unless he is Designated For Return.
11.Non-Football Injury or Illness (NFI) Salary - ANSWER ✔ A Player will not
be entitled to receive his salary while on NFI, however the Club may elect to
pay the player all or part of his negotiated Paragraph 5 Salary.
12.What is required for an NFL Club to negotiate a contract? - ANSWER ✔
The individual must be certified by the NFLPA.
13.What happens if an NFL Club negotiates with an uncertified individual? -
ANSWER ✔ The team will receive a $47,000 fine, which increases by 5%
each league year starting in 2021.
14.A player is drafted in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL rookie draft and
signs a four-year contract with his club. The player is active for eight games
in 2020, and 16 games in both 2021 and 2022. In 2023, how many games
must the player be on full-pay status to become eligible to be an unrestricted
free agent in 2024? - ANSWER ✔ 6 The Free Agency system is based on
Accrued Seasons. Players must be on full-pay status for 6 or more games to
gain an accrued season. Players with 4 or more accrued seasons become
unrestricted free agents.
15.In 2020, a player hires Agent A to negotiate a four-year deal on his behalf. It
is an $8,000,000.00 contract that pays the player $2,000,000.00 per year in
each year of the contract. At the end of the third year (2022), the player
terminates Agent A and hires Agent B. Agent B then renegotiates a new
three-year deal for the player. In this case, the fourth year of the old contract
, and the first year of the new contract are the same year: 2023. The new
contract value is $3,000,000.00 per year through 2025. Both agents' fees are
3% of the contract. How much does each agent get in 2023? - ANSWER ✔
Agent A receives $60,000.00. Agent B receives $30,000.00. Agent A is
entitled to fees equal to the value of the deal he or she negotiated. Agent B is
entitled to a fee on any remaining value above the original deal in that year
that he or she negotiated
16.The types of Substance Abuse testing for drugs other than THC are: -
ANSWER ✔ Pre-employment, pre-season, intervention stages, testing by
agreement See NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse, p. 10-11,
Section 1.3.1.
17.During a player's senior year of college he receives a prescription for
Adderall, a common ADD/ADHD medication. He does not finish the entire
prescription at that time. Just prior to training camp, the player decides the
medication will help him concentrate while learning the playbook and
begins to use the remainder of his prescription. The player then submits a
drug test, which he fails due to the presence of his medication. He
immediately submits his prescription to the league to avoid having a positive
test. - ANSWER ✔ The player will be suspended for two games without pay
for failure to submit a Therapeutic Use Exemption form prior to the failed
test. Failure to submit a TUE prior to a failed test will result in an automatic
violation of League policy.
18.In 2021, a non-unlimited accrued seasons player is designated to an NFL
club's practice squad for 11 weeks and then released. The total salary the
player will receive from the NFL club is: - ANSWER ✔ $101,200.00 This
was agreed to in a new side letter between the NFL and NFLPA. You will be
given this side letter in your packet or given an update when the seminar
begins. The new practice squad rules set a fixed salary for players who are
normally eligible for practice squad and, for 2021, a fixed salary for players
with unlimited accrued seasons. Starting in 2022, players with unlimited
