NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement
Revenue Accounting and Calculation of the Salary Cap
Section 1(a)(ix)(1)All Revenues
For purposes of this Article, and anywhere else stated in this Agreement, revenues shall be accounted for in the manner set forth below.
(a)(ix)(1)
Notwithstanding Subsections (vi)–(viii) above, for any AR exclusions subject to the Cap Effect Guarantee described in Subsection 4(f) below: there shall be no requirement of a waiver from sharing of “gross receipts” provided that there is an economically-equivalent method of League support for such project (e.g., relief from payment of a League assessment). The NFL shall provide the NFLPA with prior notice of any such economically-equivalent method used with respect to such exclusions.