The National Football League (NFL) reported Thursday that it agreed with the Association of League players (NFLPA) that the salary stop for the 2025 season will be 279.8 million dollars, the highest since this system was established in 1994.
This amount represents an increase of 23.8 million dollars compared to the last campaign that was 255.4 million.
The salary stop was established by the NFL in the 1994 season to establish equity between the teams in regards to the salary they can allocate to pay their players year after year.
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In that first campaign the salary limit was 34.6 million dollars.
The growth in the salary cap has been constant. It only had one year of recession in 2021, after the Covid-19 pandemic, with a limit of 182.5 million dollars, 15.7 million less than in 2020.
A bump that was exceeded from the 2022 season with a salary stop of 208.2 million dollars and has not stopped growing with 224.8 million in 2023, 255.4 by 2024 and now 279.2.
The amount to set this ceiling is adjusted according to the annual gains of the League that include income from television broadcasts, stadium and sponsorship assists.
According to Brian McCarthy, Vice President of Communications of the NFL this year the profits to be distributed among the 32 league teams will be around 11.6 billion dollars, which will represent 326.5 million for each franchise.
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The NFL profits were shot since 2021, when he signed record agreements for transmission rights with CBS, NBC, Fox, ESPN and Amazon chains for a collective value close to 110,000 million dollars for 11 years.
The new year of the 2025 League will begin on March 12 with free agency.
With EFE information
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