Big Sexy! - US PRESSWIRE
Since inception the NFL's performance based pay system has doled out over $700M to NFL players. Panthers RT Byron Bell was in the top 25 of players getting added pay for 2012.
Here's the NFL's Press Release followed by the top 25 table with Bell getting an extra quarter mil coming in at #12:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
3/20/13
2012 PEFORMANCE-BASED PAY DISTRIBUTIONS ANNOUNCED;
BENGALS' BURFICT TOP EARNER
Cincinnati Bengals linebacker VONTAZE BURFICT earned the top figure in the NFL's "Performance-Based Pay" program that compensates players for playing time based upon their salary levels, the NFL announced today.
Approximately $110.72 million of Performance-Based Pay will be distributed to players for their performance during the 2012 season. Burfict, a 2012 undrafted free agent from Arizona State, earned $299,465 in additional pay. As an undrafted free agent, Burfict played for the league's rookie minimum salary of $390,000 last year and an additional signing bonus of $1,000.
Players have been paid nearly $700 million cumulatively since the inception of the Performance-Based Pay program, which was implemented as part of the NFL's 2002 Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NFL Players Association.
Under the Performance-Based Pay system, a fund is created and used as a supplemental form of player compensation based on a comparison of playing time to salary. Players become eligible to receive a bonus distribution in any regular season in which they play at least one official down.
Performance-Based Pay is computed by using a "player index." To produce the index, a player's regular-season playtime (total plays on offense, defense and special teams) is divided by his adjusted regular-season compensation (full season salary, prorated portion of signing bonus, earned incentives). Each player's index is then compared to those of the other players on his team to determine the amount of his pay.
ILLUSTRATION OF PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY SYSTEM
Each player on the same team competes for his own share of his club's Performance-Based Pay pool. The hypothetical example in the table below illustrates how the index works, using a simplified four-player team and a club bonus pool of $1,000,000. Each player receives his share of the pool depending on how his index compares to those of his teammates.
|
|
A Playtime |
B Compensation |
C Index (A/B) |
D % of Club Bonus Pool (C/Team Total C) |
E Hypothetical Bonus (D * $1,000,000) |
|
Player A |
50% |
$ 500,000 |
10.0 |
50% of the Club's pool (10 out of 20) |
50% * $1,000,000 = $500,000 |
|
Player B |
50% |
$ 1,000,000 |
5.0 |
25% of the Club's pool (5 out of 20) |
25% * $1,000,000 = $250,000 |
|
Player C |
20% |
$ 500,000 |
4.0 |
20% of the Club's pool (4 out of 20) |
20% * $1,000,000 = $200,000 |
|
Player D |
10% |
$ 1,000,000 |
1.0 |
5% of the Club's pool (1 out of 20) |
5% * $1,000,000 = $5,000 |
|
Team Total: |
20.0 Points |
|
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PERFORMANCE BASED PAY DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY 2002-2012
(Note: The Performance Based Pay Pool was not in effect in the 2010 and 2011 League Years)
|
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2012 |
TOTALS |
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($ in 000s) |
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League-wide Pool |
15,104 |
32,000 |
57,088 |
79,392 |
90,932 |
98,840 |
104,240 |
109,532 |
110,720 |
697,848 |
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|
Per Club |
472 |
1,000 |
1,784 |
2,481 |
2,842 |
3,089 |
3,258 |
3,423 |
3,460 |
21,809 |
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Per Player Statistics (actual $) |
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Average Bonus |
8,055 |
17,036 |
29,610 |
41,654 |
47,627 |
50,948 |
54,547 |
55,998 |
55,250 |
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|
Median Bonus |
6,258 |
12,541 |
20,675 |
26,763 |
32,422 |
34,749 |
35,823 |
34,818 |
37,369 |
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Largest Bonus |
42,048 |
114,258 |
227,625 |
275,143 |
366,017 |
309,534 |
405,859 |
397,555 |
299,465 |
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|
# of Payments |
1,875 |
1,873 |
1,928 |
1,906 |
1,909 |
1,940 |
1,911 |
1,956 |
2,004 |
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TOP 25 PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY DISTRIBUTIONS FOR 2012
|
|
PLAYER |
CLUB |
POSITION |
DISTRIBUTION |
|
1 |
Vontaze Burfict |
Cincinnati |
LB |
$299,465 |
|
2 |
Dallas Reynolds |
Philadelphia |
G |
$294,844 |
|
3 |
Brian de la Puente |
New Orleans |
C |
$289,875 |
|
4 |
Bobby Massie |
Arizona |
T |
$283,776 |
|
5 |
J'Marcus Webb |
Chicago |
T |
$275,360 |
|
6 |
Sam Acho |
Arizona |
LB |
$273,715 |
|
7 |
Bruce Miller |
San Francisco |
FB |
$273,426 |
|
8 |
Max Starks |
Pittsburgh |
T |
$272,590 |
|
9 |
Robert McClain |
Atlanta |
CB |
$269,505 |
|
10 |
Austin Howard |
New York Jets |
T |
$261,431 |
|
11 |
Reshad Jones |
Miami |
S |
$256,612 |
|
12 |
Byron Bell |
Carolina |
T |
$255,547 |
|
13 |
Jerrell Freeman |
Indianapolis |
LB |
$255,018 |
|
14 |
Chris Harris |
Denver |
CB |
$254,164 |
|
15 |
Todd McClure |
Atlanta |
C |
$251,204 |
|
16 |
Brandon Fusco |
Minnesota |
G |
$250,856 |
|
17 |
Richard Sherman |
Seattle |
CB |
$249,201 |
|
18 |
Robert Turner |
St. Louis |
C |
$248,067 |
|
19 |
Miles Burris |
Oakland |
LB |
$243,048 |
|
20 |
Josh Norman |
Carolina |
CB |
$242,475 |
|
21 |
Clint Boling |
Cincinnati |
G |
$237,484 |
|
22 |
Craig Robertson |
Cleveland |
LB |
$236,962 |
|
23 |
Danny McCray |
Dallas |
S |
$236,316 |
|
24 |
Mike Harris |
San Diego |
T |
$233,103 |
|
25 |
Isa Abdul-Quddus |
New Orleans |
S |
$233,063 |
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