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The salary cap for the next season of the National Football League was revealed Monday.
The league's salary cap has been set at $208 million, an increase of $25.7 million from the previous year, according to Lindsay Jones of The Athletic.
The salary cap increased by $10 million from the last time it was raised, in 2020.
The cap for last year was the lowest it had been in a year, due to teams playing in front of limited or no crowds to accommodate for health and safety protocols.
Some players took short-term deals in free agency in order to take advantage of the increase that was predicted for 2022, because of the low cap number in 2021.
According to Jones, both the league and the players' association already expected the salary cap to be in the range of $208 million, but they left the door open to any potential shortfall in the event that any games had to be canceled.
There was no reason to reduce the cap because the entire season and the playoffs were played successfully.
The salary cap is likely to increase as the money from the new television deals comes in. The new TV deals were signed this summer.
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