Can Someone Explain Franchis Tag To Me?

[Guest Fibonacci]

Ok sorry, but i have no idea that much about what a franchise tag is. I know what it means of how much the player will get paid. I know it is for one year. But does this go towards our cap? What happens if the player won't sign it? Can other teams trade for the player before or after he signs? How many players do not sign? Why would a coach want to place this , seeing it cost 10 million? Anything else?

Again sorry I do not know what it is. I looked it up online and it just got confusing.

Thanks.

[Falconsfan567]

Basically a franchise tag is something a team has the option of putting on any free agent they have to keep him for 1 year. Salary is an average of the top 5 highest paid players had his position. That salary does count completely towards the salary cap for that year. Once a player has been tagged once in his career he can never be tagged again. Yes players that are tagged can be traded but I think it only works as a sign-and-trade type deal. Players hold out a lot of times because they don't like not being able to go to free agency and get a huge pay day. Lots of times teams use the tag just to buy more time to eventually sign the player to a long-term deal.

[Guest Fibonacci]

So will grimes get 10 or more? To me that is just more then i was thinking.

[The Falcon Jedi Knight]

So will grimes get 10 or more? To me that is just more then i was thinking.

Yes. Grimes - If He Signs It - Will get 10.5 Million. AND IT WILL COUNT AGAINST OUR CAP.

So it kind of sucks.

[benxiong]

Basically a franchise tag is something a team has the option of putting on any free agent they have to keep him for 1 year. Salary is an average of the top 5 highest paid players had his position.

Not true, the new rules changed it to something like this :the salary is now the average of the highest player for the last 5 years. ie) the highest paid QB in 2007 was 17mil a year, in 2008 it was 18, in 2009 it was 19, in 2010 it was 20, and in 2011 it was 21. The franchise tag for a QB would thus be (17 + 18 + 19 + 20 + 21 ) / 5 = 19 mil. These aren't correct figures but compare to the past couple of years, the price of the franchise tag has come down because of the new cba rules.

Once a player has been tagged once in his career he can never be tagged again.

Also not true. Players can be tageed multiple times. It's just not adviceable because each year, a player get franchise by the same team, the equation is determine differently. ie) Mario William was franchise last season at about 10-15 mill a year, i cant remember what the exact number was, but this year if he get franchise again the franchise tag will be closer to 18-23 mil a year.

[Guest Fibonacci]

Sounds like this works for the players favour in a most of it. So why would a team want to do this? 10 million is a lot for a CB.

Thank you so far for all y'alls help.

[benxiong]

So why would a team want to do this?

I'll answer your question with examples. Remember a couple of years ago when the Panthers kept tagging Peppers? The reason a team tags a player is because the team and the player can't come together and sign a long term deal. However, just because you can't come up with a long term deal doesn't mean you have to part ways. By Tagging a player, the player is obligated to play for the team for ONE MORE year (or he can holdout), untill the team can't afford to tagging him anymore.

Usually the reason players are tagged is because theres a dispute about the long term deal and money wise. By tagging the player it gives the team more time to try and convince the player to sign.

Like you've seen, however both side gains some significant. The team gains more time to try and sign the player to a long term deal and since the player is FORCE to stay he is paid a ransom of money. Usually only the best players are franchise because the price is so steep.

[Guest Fibonacci]

Ok I think I got it now. Thank you benxoing and the rest.

All I can hope is that needn't is worth all of this.

[phattywankenobi]

Ok I think I got it now. Thank you benxoing and the rest.

All I can hope is that needn't is worth all of this.

The real deal is the NFL has not officially determined the actually salary cap number. It's crazy in less than a week in a half they have to be under this cap and yet the number is not known. The tag is just a holding place which prevents other team from negotiating with him. It's basically a show of good faith (believe it or not) to him and his agent that they want him here. As long as they negotiate a long term contract before July 15th then the tag is meaningless.

I think there should be some guaranteed money to protect the players future from injury but at the same time it took him this long to come up and at the peak of his career surely to decline in the next few the contract should be heavy with incentives and not a flat out salary + unmanageable bonus.

[Smiler11]

Sounds like this works for the players favour in a most of it. So why would a team want to do this? 10 million is a lot for a CB.

Thank you so far for all y'alls help.

The players generally do not like being tagged, as they'd rather receive a long term contract with a huge signing bonus.