The fully-funded rule
The fully-funded rule used to make sense. Players that had certain guarantees paid out over the course of their contract wanted to make sure they would get their money. The NFLPA basically forced owners to hold that money into an escrow account. That way if something happened to the owner, the business, the team, or the league, the player would still get their compensation. The fully-funded rule isn’t needed anymore. Team’s print money. Plus owners were using it as an excuse in contract negotiations since the cash was stuck in escrow. They can get rid of this rule in the new CBA.