NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement
Injury Protection
Section 9Treatment of Extended Injury Protection Benefit Payments
In the 2022 League Year, the first $575,000 of any Extended Injury Protection Benefit amount paid to a player shall be charged to the Club’s Team Salary as provided in Article 13, Section 5(i); any remaining amount paid to the player, up to the applicable maximum payment specified in Section 8(a) above, shall be treated as a Player Benefit Cost under Article 12, Section 2(a)(iii). In the 2022-2030 League Years, the maximum payment in any League Year shall be allocated between the Club’s Team Salary and Player Benefit Costs as follows:
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | |
| Max Payment | $1,000 | $1,025 | $1,025 | $1,050 | $1,050 | $1,090 | $1,090 | $1,130 | $1,130 |
| Team Salary | $575 | $590 | $590 | $605 | $605 | $625 | $625 | $645 | $645 |
| Player Benefit | $425 | $435 | $435 | $445 | $445 | $465 | $465 | $485 | $485 |
(all amounts in thousands of dollars)
By way of example, without limitation to other examples, if in the 2022 League Year the player’s Extended Injury Protection Benefit payment equals $900,000 (representing 100% of his Paragraph 5 Salary), the first $575,000 would be charged to Team Salary, and the remaining $325,000 would be treated as a Player Benefit Cost. If in the 2022 League Year the player’s Extended Injury Protection Benefit payment equals $518,000 (representing 100% of his “down” amount Paragraph 5 Salary under a “split contract”), the entire amount would be charged to Team Salary. If in the 2022 League Year the player’s Paragraph 5 Salary equals $3,000,000 and player’s Extended Injury Protection Benefit payment equals $1,000,000 (representing the maximum payment under Section 8(a) above), the first $575,000 would be charged to Team Salary, and the remaining $425,000 would be treated as a Player Benefit Cost, as indicated in the “2022” column of the above table.