For the 2010 season, there is no salary cap in the NFL.
The NFL owners opted out of the collective bargaining agreement made with the players in 2006. Since there is no agreement, there is no cap. Certainly, any new agreement will contain a salary cap. If there is not a new agreement in place by the start of the 2011 season, there will be no NFL football.
For the 2009 season, the NFL salary cap was $127 million.
The NFL salary cap came into effect in 1994 at a value of $34,600,000.
hard salary cap
The salary cap for the 2007 season is set at $109 million. Click on the related link for the salary cap status of all 32 teams.
No.
For the 2007 season, the NFL salary cap is $109 million.
NFL football and NBA basketball
No, just to players wages.
The salary minimum for a division I NFL football team was $2,000, the salary cap was $45,000
The Rookies The minimum salary for an NFL rookie in 2009 is $310,000. The Veterans After the first year, the minimum annual salary is $400,000. Team Salaries They were fifth in the league in total payroll with salaries totaling more than $128 million. The NFL Salary Cap In 2009 the salary cap is $127 million.
Unlike the NFL and NHL, the NBA features a so-called "soft" cap, meaning that there are several significant exceptions that allow teams to exceed the salary cap to sign players. This is done to allow teams to keep their own players, which, in theory, fosters fan support in each individual city. By contrast, the NFL and NHL caps are considered "hard," meaning that they offer relatively few (if any) circumstances in which teams can exceed the salary cap.
Donovan McNabb's yearly salary is $6,301,920 with a $9,355,832 salary cap. This information was referenced from USA Today's Salary Database, http://content.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/salaries/teamdetail.aspx?team=24&year=2008
According to nba.com, the NBA instituted a salary cap prior to the 1984-85 season. The salary cap that first year was $3.6 million. The salary cap for the 2007-08 season is $55.63 million.