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Originally Posted by texanfan2002114
In the past, a franchise tag was derived from averaging the top five salaries at a particular position from the previous season. The new formula is much more complicated and is formed by determining the franchise tags at that position over the last five years as a percentage of the overall cap figure in each of those five years."
His number is coming down if he gets franchised from the way that reads.
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No, the franchise tag is the above formula
or the player's previous year's salary + 20%. Whichever is
higher. Williams' 2010 salary of $14 mill or so, with the added 20%, will trump the formula.
Haven't we been over this ad nauseam?