Standard NFL Contract from 1944

DarthMonk · Post by **DarthMonk** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:16 pm

Here are links to a cover letter sent by Curly Lambeau to Ed McGroarty and the standard contract:

Cover letter:

http://www.businessinsider.com/standard ... -lambeau-1

To see the contract use the arrow to page 2 or the following link.

Contract:

http://www.businessinsider.com/standard ... contract-2

PS - Both "Curly" and "McGroarty" are spelled incorrectly!

DarthMonk

tribeofjudah · Post by **tribeofjudah** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:11 pm

Wow, what a simple and straight forward letter from Mr. Lambeau.

Times have changed.........SURELY....!!!!

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:23 am

tribeofjudah wrote:Wow, what a simple and straight forward letter from Mr. Lambeau.

Times have changed.........SURELY....!!!!

That's what tends to happen with the applied effort of a few barristers...

The Colony of Virginia was right when they banned them...

Red_One43 · Post by **Red_One43** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:10 am

How many pages is the average NFL contract today?

Couldn't find much to answer this question. The article below does mention at least 15 paragraphs, but I am sure that there are plenty more paragraphs.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul/21 ... orts-bucs/

Red_One43 · Post by **Red_One43** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:30 pm

Red_One43 wrote:How many pages is the average NFL contract today?

Couldn't find much to answer this question. The article below does mention at least 15 paragraphs, but I am sure that there are plenty more paragraphs.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul/21 ... orts-bucs/

Found an answer that satisfies my question concerning how long is the average NFL contract today. Andrew Brandt is specifically talking rookie contracts and this one for AJ Hawk's rookie year was 33 pages. That is quite a contrast to the one pager listed on this thread.

This is how these contracts became paperweights. Every word or phrase is parsed by the NFL Management Council with most kicked back to teams for revisions. In 2006, I remember doing the deal for the fifth pick in the Draft, AJ Hawk, and writing a 33 page contract that seemed to never end.

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Pay ... picks.html

DarthMonk · Post by **DarthMonk** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:24 pm

I gotta tell ya red, I dug like crazy on this and am still not satisfied. There was a standard contract online but it got taken down when the union decertified. I'd love to see the new standard contract before any particular agent/player combo starts tweaking it for their own situation.

DarthMonk

Red_One43 wrote:
Red_One43 wrote:How many pages is the average NFL contract today?

Couldn't find much to answer this question. The article below does mention at least 15 paragraphs, but I am sure that there are plenty more paragraphs.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul/21 ... orts-bucs/
Found an answer that satisfies my question concerning how long is the average NFL contract today. Andrew Brandt is specifically talking rookie contracts and this one for AJ Hawk's rookie year was 33 pages. That is quite a contrast to the one pager listed on this thread.

This is how these contracts became paperweights. Every word or phrase is parsed by the NFL Management Council with most kicked back to teams for revisions. In 2006, I remember doing the deal for the fifth pick in the Draft, AJ Hawk, and writing a 33 page contract that seemed to never end.
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Pay ... picks.html

DarthMonk · Post by **DarthMonk** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 1:32 pm

Appendix C on pages 248-256. That's 9 pages.

http://images.nflplayers.com/mediaResou ... 202012.pdf

DarthMonk

Red_One43 wrote:How many pages is the average NFL contract today?

Couldn't find much to answer this question. The article below does mention at least 15 paragraphs, but I am sure that there are plenty more paragraphs.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul/21 ... orts-bucs/