What is a restrictive free agent salary cap NFL?

Answer 1

You have two different terms there. 1) Restricted Free Agent - The NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) allows NFL players to negotiate freely with other NFL teams once their contracts run out. These are UNRESTRICTED Free Agents. However, the CBA also specifies that players with fewer than four years of NFL experience will instead be 'restricted'. The team that owns his rights may make a contract offer based on how valuable it perceives him to be. The player may then negotiate with other teams, and even sign the player, but if they do, they will surrender a number of draft choices based on how large an offer was initially extended to the player. 2) Salary Cap - The NFL (and some other sports) has a CBA that, in order to control costs, avoid financial instability, and ensure small market competitiveness, specifies that a certain percentage of revenues must spent on player salaries. The NFL cap specifies both a minimum AND maximum percentage of team revenue to go to player salaries.