CURRENT RULES 13.4 - Any Veteran player whose contract has not expired must be protected or cut with a salary cap penalty unless they played in no more than three games as noted in Rule 14.14b.
14.14 - An owner may only release a player under contract if: a. The team pays a fine equaling half of the player's salary over the life of his contract (Payable and deducted from the cap at the next draft). For example, a player with two years remaining on his contract for 4 million and 5 million, can be released by paying a 4.5 million fine. b. The player may be released without fine if the player played in no more than 3 NFL games in the prior season.
PROPOSED RULE CHANGES: 13.4 - Any Veteran player whose contract has not expired must be protected or cut with a salary cap penalty unless the player's Durability rating is two ("2") or less as noted in Rule 14.14b.
14.14b. The player may be released without fine if the player's Durability rating is two ("2") or less.
Purpose of the change: Makes it easier than having to look up actual player stats to figure out if an injured player played in "no more than 3 NFL games", and is therefore eligible to be released, since Action PC does not include actual games played in a player's profile.
Playing in 3 of 16 games = 18.75% which in the game is rounded to 20% and results in a Durability rating of "2" for the player.
