- Section 1. Conflicts
- Section 2. Implementation
- Section 3. Management Rights
- Section 4. Scope of Agreement
- Section 5. Rounding
- Section 1. No Strike/Lockout
- Section 2. No Suit
- Section 3. Releases and Covenants Not to Sue
- Section 1. Form
- Section 2. Term
- Section 3. Changes
- Section 4. Conformity
- Section 5. Notices, Prohibitions, etc.
- Section 6. Commissioner Disapproval
- Section 7. NFLPA Group Licensing Program
- Section 8. Good Faith Negotiation
- Section 9. Forfeiture of Salary
- Section 10. Return of Advanced Paragraph 5 Salary
- Section 1. Prohibition
- Section 1. Time of Draft
- Section 2. Number of Choices and Eligibility
- Section 3. Required Tender
- Section 4. Signing of Drafted Rookies
- Section 5. Other Professional Teams
- Section 6. Return to College
- Section 7. Assignment of Draft Rights
- Section 8. Subsequent Draft
- Section 9. No Subsequent Draft
- Section 10. Compensatory Draft Selections
- Section 11. Undrafted Rookies
- Section 12. Notice of Signing
- Section 1. Definitions
- Section 2. Operation
- Section 3. Rookie Contracts
- Section 4. Proven Performance Escalator
- Section 5. Additional Terms
- Section 6. Performance Incentives
- Section 7. Fifth-Year Option for First Round Selections
- Section 8. Salary Cap Treatment
- Section 9. Rookie Redistribution Fund
- Section 1. Accrued Seasons Calculation
- Section 2. Negotiating Rights of Players with Fewer Than Three Accrued Seasons
- Section 1. Unrestricted Free Agents
- Section 2. Restricted Free Agents
- Section 3. Offer Sheet and Right of First Refusal Procedures
- Section 4. Expedited Arbitration
- Section 5. Individually Negotiated Limitations on Player Movement
- Section 6. Notices, Etc.
- Section 1. Franchise Player Designations
- Section 2. Required Tender for Franchise Players
- Section 3. Transition Player Designations
- Section 4. Required Tender for Transition Players
- Section 5. Right of First Refusal for Transition Players
- Section 6. Lists
- Section 7. Salary Information
- Section 8. No Assignment
- Section 9. Franchise Player Designation Period
- Section 10. Transition Player Designation Period
- Section 11. Other Terms
- Section 12. Compensatory Draft Selection
- Section 13. Offer Sheets for Non-Exclusive Franchise and Transition Players
- Section 14. Signing Period for Transition Players
- Section 15. Signing Period for Franchise Players
- Section 1. Applicability
- Section 2. Additional Salary Cap Room
- Section 3. Preexisting Contract Roster Provisions
- Section 4. 2020 League Year Calendar
- Section 1. All Revenues
- Section 2. Benefits
- Section 3. Accounting Reports & Projections
- Section 4. Stadium Credit
- Section 5. Joint Contribution Amount
- Section 6. Calculation of the Player Cost Amount and Salary Cap
- Section 7. [Omitted]
- Section 8. Guaranteed League-Wide Cash Spending
- Section 9. Minimum Team Cash Spending
- Section 10. Additional AR Accounting Rules
- Section 1. Calculation of the Salary Cap
- Section 2. Application of the Salary Cap
- Section 3. Calculation of Salary and Team Salary
- Section 4. Definition of “Salary”
- Section 5. Computation of Team Salary
- Section 6. Valuation of Player Contracts
- Section 7. 30% Rules
- Section 8. Renegotiations and Extensions
- Section 1. Undisclosed Terms
- Section 2. Circumvention
- Section 3. System Arbitrator Proceeding
- Section 4. Commissioner Disapproval
- Section 5. System Arbitrator Review
- Section 6. Sanctions
- Section 7. Revenue Circumvention
- Section 8. NFL Audit Rights
- Section 9. Prior Consultation
- Section 1. Appointment
- Section 2. Scope of Authority
- Section 3. Discovery
- Section 4. Compensation
- Section 5. Procedures
- Section 6. Selection of System Arbitrator
- Section 7. Selection of Appeals Panel
- Section 8. Procedure for Appeals
- Section 9. Decision
- Section 10. Confidentiality
- Section 1. Selection
- Section 2. Scope of Authority
- Section 3. Effect of Rulings
- Section 4. Discovery
- Section 5. Compensation of Impartial Arbitrator
- Section 6. Procedures
- Section 7. Selection of Impartial Arbitrator
- Section 1. Prohibited Conduct
- Section 2. Other Club Conduct
- Section 3. Club Discretion
- Section 4. League Disclosures
- Section 5. Enforcement of Anti-Collusion Provisions
- Section 6. Burden of Proof
- Section 7. Summary Judgment
- Section 8. Remedies
- Section 9. Computation of Damages
- Section 10. Player Election
- Section 11. Payment of Damages
- Section 12. Effect on Cap Computations
- Section 13. Effect of Salary Cap
- Section 14. No Reimbursement
- Section 15. Costs
- Section 16. Termination
- Section 17. Time Limits
- Section 18. Prior Conference
- Section 1. Contract Certification
- Section 2. End of League Year Certification
- Section 3. False Certification
- Section 1. Salary Summaries
- Section 2. Consultation and Communications
- Section 3. Notice of Invalid Contract
- Section 4. Copies
- Section 1. CFL Rule
- Section 2. Physically Unable to Perform
- Section 3. Nonfootball Injury
- Section 4. Roster Exemption
- Section 5. Other Professional Leagues
- Section 1. Voluntary Workouts
- Section 2. Time Periods
- Section 3. Payment
- Section 4. Injuries
- Section 5. Miscellaneous
- Section 6. Pre-Training Camp Period
- Section 7. Rookie Premiere
- Section 8. Enforcement
- Section 9. Offseason Participation Contract
- Section 1. Number
- Section 2. Mandatory Veteran Minicamp
- Section 3. Voluntary Veteran Minicamp
- Section 4. Expenses
- Section 5. Contact
- Section 6. Injuries
- Section 7. Post-Draft Rookie Minicamp
- Section 8. Rookie Football Development Programs
- Section 9. Films
- Section 10. Enforcement
- Section 11. Participation Agreement
- Section 1. Definition
- Section 2. Room and Board
- Section 3. First-year Player Per Diem
- Section 4. Veteran Per Diem
- Section 5. Reporting
- Section 6. Five-Day On-Field Acclimation Period
- Section 7. Conduct of Practices
- Section 8. Number of Preseason Games
- Section 9. Expenses
- Section 10. Definition of “Preseason Training Camp”
- Section 11. Films
- Section 12. Enforcement
- Section 1. Practice Rules
- Section 2. Bye Weeks
- Section 3. Enforcement
- Section 4. Films
- Section 1. Active List
- Section 2. Pre-Season
- Section 3. Inactive List
- Section 4. Active and Inactive List Limit
- Section 1. Minimum Salaries
- Section 2. Credited Season
- Section 3. Other Compensation
- Section 4. Arbitration
- Section 5. Payment
- Section 6. Deferred Paragraph 5
- Section 7. Copies of Contracts
- Section 8. Split Contracts
- Section 9. Funding of Deferred and Guaranteed Contracts
- Section 1. Qualifying Players
- Section 2. Qualifying Contracts
- Section 3. Additional Compensation Rules
- Section 4. Payments
- Section 5. Reduced Salary Cap Count for Qualifying Contracts
- Section 6. Player Benefit Calculation for Qualifying Contracts
- Section 7. Four-Year Player Qualifying Contract
- Section 8. Reduced Salary Cap Count for Four-Year Player Qualifying Contracts
- Section 9. Player Benefit Calculation for Four-Year Player Qualifying Contracts
- Section 10. Renegotiations and Extensions of Qualifying Contracts
- Section 11. Renegotiations and Extensions of Four-Year Player Qualifying Contracts
- Section 12. Terminated Qualifying Players
- Section 13. Players Moving to New Club
- Section 14. Player Returning to Old Club
- Section 15. Players with Expired Contract
- Section 16. Guarantees
- Section 17. Termination Pay
- Section 18. No Benefit for Non-Qualifying Contracts or Non-Qualifying Four-Year Player Contacts
- Section 2. Amount of Fund
- Section 3. Mandatory Distribution Each Year
- Section 4. Qualifying Players
- Section 5. Methodology
- Section 6. Corrections
- Section 1. Release
- Section 2. Contact
- Section 3. Ineligibility
- Section 4. Notice of Termination
- Section 5. NFLPA’s Right to Personnel Information
- Section 6. Rosters
- Section 7. Procedural Recall Waivers
- Section 1. Eligibility
- Section 2. Regular Season Signings
- Section 3. Ineligibility For Termination Pay
- Section 1. Veteran Allocation
- Section 2. Additional Compensatory Picks
- Section 3. Rookie Compensation Pool Adjustment
- Section 4. Relocation Bonus
- Section 5. Regular Season Games Played Outside of the United States
- Section 1. Practice Squads
- Section 2. Signing With Other Clubs
- Section 3. Salary
- Section 4. Eligibility
- Section 5. Standard Elevation Addendum
- Section 6. Active List (Other Clubs)
- Section 7. Standard Contagious Disease Addendum
- Section 8. Housing
- Section 1. Reimbursement
- Section 2. Travel Day
- Section 2. Regular Season and Postseason
- Section 3. Requirements
- Section 4. Regular Season Bye Weeks
- Section 2. Moving Expenses
- Section 3. Travel Expenses
- Section 4. Transportation
- Section 1. System
- Section 2. Compensation
- Section 3. Wild Card Game; Division Play-off Game
- Section 4. Conference Championship; Super Bowl Game
- Section 5. Payment
- Section 1. Compensation
- Section 2. Selection
- Section 3. Spouses
- Section 4. Injury
- Section 5. Payment
- Section 6. Applicability
- Section 1. Club Physician
- Section 2. Club Athletic Trainers
- Section 3. NFLPA Medical Director
- Section 4. Emergency Action Plan
- Section 5. Accountability and Care Committee
- Section 6. Player’s Right to a Second Medical Opinion
- Section 7. Player’s Right to a Surgeon of His Choice
- Section 8. Standard Minimum Preseason Physical
- Section 9. Substance Abuse and Performance-Enhancing Substances
- Section 10. Club Visiting Team Locker Rooms
- Section 11. Field Surface Safety & Performance Committee
- Section 12. Joint Engineering and Equipment Safety Committee
- Section 13. Sleep Studies
- Section 14. Club-Wide Biospecimen Collection
- Section 15. DICON
- Section 16. NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee’s Concussion Diagnosis and Management Protocol
- Section 17. NFL Game Concussion Protocol Enforcement
- Section 18. NFL Player Scientific & Medical Research Protocol
- Section 19. Behavioral Health Program
- Section 20. Prescription Medication and Pain Management Program
- Section 21. Remedies
- Section 1. Personnel Records
- Section 2. Medical Records
- Section 3. Electronic Medical Record System
- Section 1. Benefits
- Section 2. Rejection of Coverage
- Section 3. Arbitration
- Section 4. Workers’ Compensation Offset Provisions
- Section 5. Carve-Out
- Section 6. Reservation of Rights
- Section 1. Maximum Discipline
- Section 2. Published Lists
- Section 3. Uniformity
- Section 4. Disputes
- Section 5. Deduction
- Section 6. NFL Policies
- Section 7. Cumulative Fines
- Section 8. Effective Date
- Section 1. Definition
- Section 2. Initiation
- Section 3. Filing
- Section 4. Ordinary and Expedited Appeal
- Section 5. Discovery and Prehearing Procedures
- Section 6. Arbitration Panel
- Section 7. Hearing
- Section 8. Arbitrator’s Decision and Award
- Section 9. Time Limits
- Section 10. Representation
- Section 11. Costs
- Section 12. Payment
- Section 13. Grievance Settlement Committee
- Section 14. Standard Grievance Correspondence
- Section 1. Definition
- Section 2. Filing
- Section 3. Answer
- Section 4. Neutral Physician
- Section 5. Neutral Physician List
- Section 6. Appeal
- Section 7. Arbitration Panel
- Section 8. Hearing
- Section 9. Expenses
- Section 10. Pension Credit
- Section 11. Payment
- Section 12. Presumption of Fitness
- Section 13. Playoff Money
- Section 14. Information Exchange
- Section 15. Discovery
- Section 16. Grievance Settlement Committee
- Section 17. Settlement Agreements
- Section 18. Standard Grievance Correspondence
- Section 1. Transition Rules
- Section 2. Qualification
- Section 3. Benefit
- Section 4. Treatment of Injury Protection Benefit Payments
- Section 5. Injury Protection Candidate List
- Section 6. Disputes
- Section 7. Extended Injury Protection Qualification
- Section 8. Extended Injury Protection Benefit
- Section 9. Treatment of Extended Injury Protection Benefit Payments
- Section 10. Extended Injury Protection Disputes
- Section 11. Workers’ Compensation Offset
- Section 12. Filing
- Section 13. Costs
- Section 1. League Discipline
- Section 2. Hearings
- Section 3. Time Limits
- Section 4. One Penalty
- Section 5. Commissioner Exempt
- Section 6. Fine Money
- Section 7. Permitted Activities for Players Suspended Under the Personal Conduct Policy
- Section 1. Union Security
- Section 2. Check-off
- Section 3. NFLPA Meetings
- Section 4. NFLPA Player Group Licensing Program
- Section 5. Disputes
- Section 6. Procedure for Enforcement
- Section 7. NFLPA Responsibility
- Section 8. Orientations
- Section 1. Exclusive Representation
- Section 2. Enforcement
- Section 3. Penalty
- Section 1. No Discrimination
- Section 2. Personal Appearance
- Section 1. Competition Committee
- Section 1. Endorsements
- Section 2. Player Attire
- Section 3. Appearances
- Section 4. Promotion
- Section 5. Deduction
- Section 6. Public Statements
- Section 7. Address
- Section 8. NFLPA Tickets
- Section 9. Player Tickets
- Section 10. Tests
- Section 11. League Security
- Section 12. Career Planning Program
- Section 13. On-Field Microphones
- Section 14. Sensors
- Section 15. Practice Squad Super Bowl Rings
- Section 16. Prior Side Letters
- Section 17. Club Strength and Conditioning Coaches
- Section 18. Club Equipment Managers
- Section 19. Club Directors of Player Engagement
- Section 1. General Right of Reduction
- Section 2. Right of Restoration
- Section 3. Resolution of Disputes
- Section 4. Limitations on Contributions
- Section 5. Timing
- Section 1. Maintenance and Definitions
- Section 2. Contributions
- Section 3. Pension Enhancements
- Section 4. 2025 Increase to Pre-2012 Credited Season Credits
- Section 5. Vesting Requirements
- Section 6. Death Benefits
- Section 1. Maintenance
- Section 2. Contributions
- Section 3. Practice Squad Players
- Section 1. Maintenance
- Section 2. Contributions
- Section 3. Timing
- Section 4. Structure
- Section 5. NFL Player Annuity & Insurance Company Net Worth
- Section 1. Maintenance
- Section 2. Contributions
- Section 3. Timing
- Section 4. Expenses
- Section 5. Future Contributions
- Section 1. Maintenance
- Section 2. Change in Plan Year
- Section 3. Benefit
- Section 4. Eligibility and Former Player Benefit
- Section 5. Reimbursement
- Section 6. Administration
- Section 1. Establishment
- Section 2. Benefits
- Section 3. No Reduction for Parkinson’s Disease
- Section 4. Funding
- Section 5. Term
- Section 1. Maintenance
- Section 2. Extended Post-Career Medical, Vision And Dental Benefits
- Section 3. Limitations And Rules For Extended Insurance
- Section 4. NFL Designated Hospital Network
- Section 5. Administration
- Section 1. Eligibility and Maintenance
- Section 2. Amount
- Section 3. Payment
- Section 4. Second Payment
- Section 5. Payable to Survivor
- Section 6. Administration
- Section 7. Non-assignability
- Section 1. Maintenance
- Section 2. Benefit Amounts
- Section 3. Medical Records
- Section 4. Social Security Disability Insurance Offset
- Section 5. Whole Person Evaluation
- Section 6. Social Security Eligibility
- Section 7. Line of Duty
- Section 8. Neurocognitive Disability Benefits
- Section 9. Treatment for Neurocognitive Disorders
- Section 10. Circuit Breaker
- Section 1. Eligibility and Maintenance
- Section 2. Benefits
- Section 3. Limitations
- Section 4. Plan Benefits Primary
- Section 5. Administration
- Section 1. Maintenance
- Section 2. Contributions
- Section 3. Health Reimbursement Accounts
- Section 4. Allocation for Certain Former Players
- Section 5. Plan Operation in Post-Expiration Years
- Section 1. Maintenance
- Section 2. Joint Replacements
- Section 3. Discount Prescription Drug Benefits
- Section 4. Assisted Living Benefits
- Section 5. Spine Treatment Benefit
- Section 6. Neurological Benefit
- Section 7. Life Insurance Benefit
- Section 8. Medicare Supplement
- Section 9. Administration
- Section 10. NFLPA Review
- Section 1. Maintenance
- Section 2. Administration
- Section 1. Selection
- Section 2. Compensation
- Section 3. Role
- Section 1. Rights Under Law
- Section 1. Effective Date/Expiration Date
- Section 2. Termination Due To Collusion
- Section 1. Governing Law
- Section 2. Parol Evidence
- Section 3. Mutual Drafting
- Section 4. Headings
- Section 5. Binding Effect
- Section 6. Authorization
- Section 7. Appendices and Exhibits
- Section 8. Time Periods
- Section 9. Modification
- Section 10. Delivery of Documents
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