NFL salary cap boosted by union’s victory in arbitration
The NFL’s salary cap will get an additional boost of more than $1.5 million per team next season following an arbitration victory by the players’ union.
The issue was whether specific revenue the league called exempt from being applied toward the salary cap actually should be counted.
The NFL said the decision will “increase the number of seasons over which the league’s investments in stadium projects will be recouped from local stadium revenues.”
After meeting most of the day in Indianapolis, where the league’s annual scouting combine is being held, committee member Stephen Jones said he expects a resolution at March’s owners’ meetings in Florida.
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The third overall pick in the 2015 draft from Florida suffered a knee injury in rookie minicamp and missed the entire season.