According to reports the New York Jets have been exploring the possibility of bringing in former Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell. Russell was the number 1 overall pick of the Raiders in 2007 and became the poster boy for the more stringent rookie wage system in the new NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement. After holding-out into [...]
JaMarcus Russell
This is part two of Jet-Nation’s articles on the improved rookie wage system under the NFL’s new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) which took effect in 2011. (Click here to view part-one) There was a problem in the NFL with the structure of rookie contracts even before the new CBA was being negotiated. Teams were often [...]
