Each year, the NFL doles out millions in “performance-based pay” to players for their performance during the previous season. This year, the league allotted $147.952 million to the pool and the NFL Players Association has elected to dedicate $83.2 million in benefits (approximately $2.6 million per club) to fund a “veteran performance-based compensation pool” — a total of $231.152 million.
The league explains the process as such:
The Performance-Based Pay program is a collectively bargained benefit that compensates all players, including rookies, based upon their playing time and salary levels.
In addition to the Performance-Based Pay pool, the NFL Players Association has elected to dedicate $83.2 million in benefits (i.e., $2.6 million per club) to fund a Veteran Performance-Based Compensation Pool (the “Veteran Pool”) for players with one or more accrued seasons. In total, $231.152 million will be disbursed to players under the combined pools.
The Giants had two players that qualified for these payments — center Jon Halapio and linebacker David Mayo.
Halapio received payments from both pools — $306,081 in performance-based pay and $214,373 from the veteran pool, a total of $520,454.
Mayo was awarded $190,166 from the veteran pool.
Both players are currently impending free agents. Halapio is a restricted free agent who the Giants have not tendered. Mayo will be an unrestricted free agent come March 18.
