Base pay for NFL players in 1970 was 29,000 a year. Because the 70's saw the rise of televised endorsement deals, by 1980 starting pay would more than triple.
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The NFL's minimum salary is $225,000 year. Many players earn the minimum.-----As of the start of the 2007 season, the minimum rookie salary has increased to $285,000.
The NFL salary cap came into effect in 1994 at a value of $34,600,000.
Smith signed a 5 year, $13.6 million contract in 1993 which made him the highest paid RB in the NFL. When the Cowboys released him in 2003, it was reported he had a base salary of $7 million for the 2003 season.
The merger was made in 1970