Training Camp Rules & Pay
July 23rd, 2022
The Buccaneers’ first full-team training camp practice is Wednesday morning at One Buc Palace, and what a glorious day of underwear football it will be.
Yeah, it gets old after a week or so, just in time for glorious preseason games to arrive and entertain and tempt fans!
So how does training camp work? The rules are always fuzzy, it seems, but Joe will shed some light, with an assist to Nashville great Paul Kuharsky.
Players have a five-day acclimation period once they report, which means no pads in that time. Bucs veterans report on Tuesday and then will practice without on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings.
Helmets and protective shirts are allowed Wednesday and Thursday, then it’s helmets and shells on Friday and Saturday. Then there’s a Sunday off followed by full-throttle practices (in pads) beginning Monday, Aug. 1.
Players can only be on the field a maximum of four hours per day. Padded practices can’t last longer than 2 1/2 hours. The remaining 90 minutes of practice time become a walk-through-style session, and that’s typically held at a totally different time of day. Todd Bowles will have nearly all his padded practices starting at 8:30 a.m. So the walk-through would be late afternoon or early evening.
Padded practices are not permitted for more than three consecutive days, and the training camp maximum is 16 padded practices under league rules.
Per Kuharsky, first-year players earn $1,850 per week during training camp, while veterans get $2,900.
The big bucks don’t come until Week 1. Players are paid in the NFL on a game-by-game basies. So their salaries are divided by 17 and paid out accordingly. Joe believes there’s a small payout for preseason games, but it’s definitely in the low four figures.
July 23rd, 2022 at 5:43 am
$1,850 for rookies, many have never had a paycheck in their lives. Why am I thinking of their realization of their lifetime silent partner, The Federal Government 💵
July 23rd, 2022 at 6:25 am
Lol…no paycheck? I guess depends on the school.
July 23rd, 2022 at 6:28 am
Things sure have changed from the old days. It’s a wonder that they actually hit each other in training camp now.
July 23rd, 2022 at 6:53 am
When is tackling practice?
July 23rd, 2022 at 7:09 am
What about masks?…..social distancing……daily tests….contact tracing….
July 23rd, 2022 at 7:37 am
Logan Hall finally signed his deal last night. I wonder how much guaranteed money he got in year four…
July 23rd, 2022 at 11:49 pm
SB LV with his privileged self popping off his rhetoric saying how many of these guys never had a paycheck except from the Fed. Love how the Joes allow this blatant mess up here by these people but blocks others . Of course your site your censor button
July 23rd, 2022 at 11:50 pm
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July 24th, 2022 at 1:59 am
DavidBigBucFan99, if you think that is worthy of censorship, then you have issues.
July 24th, 2022 at 9:44 pm
Any idea why Brady didn’t show up this weekend with the other QBs. Trask and Gabbert were the ones to show up. I guess it’s called “QB School.” He said in his last press conference that he would report on the 23rd.
July 24th, 2022 at 10:03 pm
Brady has said previously he would show up on the 23rd if Joe remembers correctly.
But really, we’re nitpicking about Brady now? Joe doesn’t give a damn if the guy shows up a day before the season kicks off. Brady is the very last guy any Bucs fan needs to worry about.
Maybe Brady staying away might help Clyde Christensen find a way to get Kyle Trask practice snaps? 😛
July 24th, 2022 at 10:44 pm
Lol. I know you’ve been begging for more snaps from Trask. I would totally be comfortable if Brady didn’t play a preseason game. No need to risk injury, and it’s nice to have him rest. It didn’t hinder the Rams last year. Most of their starters didn’t play. I also want to see how this new OL looks. I’m willing to let Trask be the sacrificial lamb. 😎
July 24th, 2022 at 11:10 pm
Yes. No need to open Brady up for more hits and Trask needs the work much more than Brady. Also, Joe would love to have Bruce Arians become Trask’s personal coach and work with him every day on a side field. That way by the end of the season Arians would have a good idea if Trask can take over for Brady or not.
July 25th, 2022 at 12:56 am
Absolutely a reason!–Joe