5th year options are guaranteed for injury only
Redskins Pick Up 5th Year Option On Bob Griffin
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yseJ
Empire strikes back
Nope. He's staying a few more years.
crazy
he got shytted on all season by the HC and they still exercise his big payday
so he will be the starter then
he got shytted on all season by the HC and they still exercise his big payday
so he will be the starter then
Cowboyz89
#WeDemBoyz Season Has Returned
You'll be playing for a high draft pick again, which you will probably waste.
Deaf2twothirds
All Star
Damn 16Ms for the most inaccurate starting QB in da lg 
........Cheddar Bob gonna be the face of the next NFL lockout.
........Cheddar Bob gonna be the face of the next NFL lockout.
IWasntMadeToPlayTheSon
Mutant Mindframe
Damn 16Ms for the most inaccurate starting QB in da lg
he's only guaranteed that money if he gets injured and can't play in 2016...so basically a 18 month injury which is really unlikely
he can still get cut after this yr before the start of the next league year (i think march 2016) so basically its a 16 week interview if he sucks after this year they can cut him and not owe him a dime for 2016....its really a no risk proposition for the skins
fukk you c00ns and cacs hating on robert griffin. he's gonna have a huge bounce back season. skins make the playoffs and robert wins MVP.
- Ever redskins fan ever, every year
I thought the 5th year option is guaranteed
IWasntMadeToPlayTheSon
Mutant Mindframe
no he does not if they cut him before the start of the next league year they do not owe him anything
they did it now because they had to make a decision by this week
its an easy decision for the skins if he balls out they keep him for 2016 if he sucks then they cut him next offseason without any salary obligations
if he gets injured during the season and can not play in 2016 then and only then is it fully guaranteed
Every player selected in the first round of the NFL Draft will automatically have a fifth-year team option added into his contract. This option cannot be separately attached to the player contract.
The option allows a team to retain a player’s rights for five years rather than four, which is the bonus of selecting a player in the first round. In order to extend the contract, the team must inform the player during the period between the last regular season game of the player’s third contract year and May 3 of the next League Year (Article 7, Sec. 7, (a), 31).
The fifth-year option is non-negotiable, and the non-compensation terms from a player’s rookie contract will also be included in the fifth-year option.
Many terms allowed in other contracts are prohibited from the fifth-year option. These terms include option bonuses, option exercise fees, option nonexercise fees, option buyouts, or any other compensation that stems from the team exercising or declining the 5th-year option (Sec. 7 (d), 31).
When a team exercises the option, it becomes guaranteed for injury only. If the player is on the team’s opening-day Active/Inactive roster for the option year, his salary becomes fully guaranteed for skill, cap, and injury.
The payments are not considered Rookie Salary and do not count toward League or Club Rookie Pools or Allocations. The player’s salary is also not subject to the 25% Rule.
The salary of the option year is also the only payment a player is eligible to receive for football services outside of minimum offseason workout per diems and compensation for non-football related team activities.
The salary for the fifth-year option is also different for two types of players: those selected in the top ten picks and all other first-round selections.
The option for top-ten picks is set at an amount equal to the salary of the Transition Tender (set in Article 10, Section 4 of the CBA) for the player’s fourth contract year. This salary is calculated, basically, by finding the average of the top ten highest Prior Year Salaries for players that played the same position. Positions are defined by the spot a player spent the most plays at during the previous season (Sec. 7, (a), 31).
For players selected between the 11th and 32nd rounds in the draft, the same calculation is used to compute their salaries. The difference is that the average of the third through 25th highest Prior Year Salaries for the player’s position equals the player’s fifth-year salary.
If a team decides to use its fifth-year team option, the player can face substantial fines for refusing to report to camp on time and/or at all. Players can be fined up to $30,000 per day of training camp missed and a fine equal to one week’s regular season (1/17 of P5 Salary) check for any preseason games missed.
The fifth-year option provides team’s with more security when it invests a valuable first-round pick on a player.
http://www.in2theleague.com/nfl-cba-explained-rookie-contracts-5th-year-option/
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