NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 23
Preseason Training Camps

Section 5
Reporting

(a)

For Clubs whose first regular season game is on a Thursday or a Sunday, all veteran players other than quarterbacks and injured players are required to report to the Club’s official preseason training camp forty-seven days (including one day for physical examinations, meetings, classroom instruction, running, and conditioning) prior to such regular season game.

(b)

For Clubs whose first regular season game is on a Monday, all veteran players other than quarterbacks and injured players are required to report to the Club’s official preseason training camp forty-eight days (including one day for physical examinations, meetings, classroom instruction, running, and conditioning) prior to such regular season game.

(c)

Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) above, for Clubs whose first preseason game is the Canton Hall of Fame Game or any American Bowl game scheduled around the Canton Hall of Fame Game date, no veteran player other than quarterbacks and injured players will be required to report to such Club’s official preseason training camp earlier than fifteen days (including one day for physical examinations, meetings, classroom instruction, running and conditioning) prior to such preseason game.

(d)

For purposes of this Section, an “injured player” shall not include a player who fully participates in all Phase Three activities and the Mandatory Veteran Minicamp during the Club’s offseason workout program during the League Year in question. (e) No Rookie or first-year player will be required to report to a Club’s official preseason training camp earlier than seven days prior to the mandatory reporting date for that Club’s veteran players. For the avoidance of doubt, Rookie or first-year players on a Club for which the mandatory reporting date for veteran players is July 29 may be required to report to their Club’s official preseason training camp on or after July 22.