NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 18
Certifications

Section 2
End of League Year Certification

(a)

Within fourteen (14) days of the conclusion of each League Year, the executive primarily responsible for football operations on behalf of each Club shall submit to the Management Council a certification confirming that the Club has not, to the extent of his knowledge after reasonable inquiry of all owners and all employees with authority to negotiate Player Contracts, entered into any undisclosed agreements of any kind, express or implied, oral or written, or promises, undertakings, representations, commitments, inducements, assurances of intent, or understandings of any kind, as described in Article 14, Section 1. Upon receipt of such certification, the Management Council shall forward a copy of the certification to the NFLPA.

(b)

Within fourteen (14) days of the conclusion of each League Year, each player agent representing a player who was under contract to an NFL Club during that League Year shall submit to the NFLPA a certification confirming, after reasonable inquiry of all personnel in his or her agency with authority to negotiate Player Contracts, that neither he nor she nor they has entered into any undisclosed agreements of any kind, express or implied, oral or written, or promises, undertakings, representations, commitments, inducements, assurances of intent, or understandings of any kind, as described in Article 14, Section 1. Upon receipt of such certification, the NFLPA shall forward a copy of the certification to the Management Council.

(c)

Any failure to execute and submit a certification as required under Section 2(a) or 2(b) above, shall be deemed evidence of a violation of Article 14, Section 1 of this Agreement.

(d)

At the conclusion of each League Year, the executive primarily responsible for football operations on behalf of each Club shall submit to the Management Council a certification confirming that the Club has not, to the extent of his knowledge after reasonable inquiry of all owners and all employees with authority to negotiate Player Contracts, violated the terms of Article 17, Section 1, nor received from the NFL or the Management Council any communication disclosing that an NFL Club had negotiated with or is negotiating with any Restricted Free Agent, unless and until an Offer Sheet has been given to the Prior Club, or any Unrestricted Free Agent, prior to the execution of a Player Contract with that Unrestricted Free Agent, where such communication or disclosure is inconsistent with Article 17, Section 1. Upon receipt of each such certification, the NFL shall forward a copy of the certification to the NFLPA.

(e)

Any failure to execute a certification as required under Section 2(d) above shall be deemed evidence of a violation of Article 17, Section 1 of this Agreement.