NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 12
Revenue Accounting and Calculation of the Salary Cap

Section 2(a)(xviii)
Benefits

(a)(xviii)

The Rookie Redistribution Fund (as described in Article 7), and further provided that there shall be no Rookie Redistribution Fund for the 2020 League Year; (xix) The Legacy Benefit (as described in Article 57 of the Prior Agreement), for which the NFL’s funding obligations outside of Player Benefit Costs shall expire after the 2022 League Year, and further provided that the NFL’s $64 million contribution to that Benefit in the 2020 League Year shall not count as a Player Benefit Cost. In the 2021 League Year, the NFL will contribute $32 million to the Legacy Benefit, which shall not count as a Player Benefit Cost. In the 2022 League Year, the NFL will contribute $16 million to the Legacy Benefit, which shall not count as a Player Benefit Cost. The NFL will not have any obligation to make any further contributions to the Legacy Benefit outside of Player Benefit Costs after the 2022 League Year. For purposes of this Subsection only, and only to the extent not already incorporated into or superseded by the provisions of Article 53 of this Agreement, the provisions of Article 57 of the Prior Agreement regarding eligibility for the Legacy Benefit are carried forward without amendment and incorporated by reference in this Agreement as if fully set forth herein;