NEW YORK (AP) -Unrestricted by a salary cap this season, NFL teams resisted the temptation to break the bank on player salaries.
With labor strife looming, some even took advantage of a lesser-known aspect of an uncapped season: the elimination of the salary floor.
The league’s average payroll increased by a modest 6 percent from last year, according to numbers provided to The Associated Press by the NFL Players Association. That’s the same amount it grew between 2007 and ’08 with the salary cap in existence.
Ten franchises have payrolls of more than $125 million this season, up from three in 2009. Twelve are below $110 million, the same number as last year.
Nineteen of the 32 franchises increased their payroll from 2009 to ’10.
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