NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 12
Revenue Accounting and Calculation of the Salary Cap

Section 6(c)(iv)(A)(1)
Calculation of the Player Cost Amount and Salary Cap

(c)(iv)(A)(1)

“Current Average”: The average annual League Media AR for the 2014– 2022 seasons. For purposes of determining the Current Average, League Media AR shall mean the revenues from television rights sold or licensed either nationally or packaged on a regional basis for the telecast, broadcast, or streaming of live or near-live transmission of entire or near-entire NFL games (but not highlights) on broadcast, cable, satellite, internet, or other media (but not for up to sixteen regular season games telecast or broadcast by the NFL Network) from: (i) ESPN (for the Monday Night Football Package); (ii) CBS (for the Sunday afternoon package); (iii) FOX (for the Sunday afternoon package and the Thursday Night Football broadcast package); (iv) NBC (for the Sunday Night Football package) (in cases (i)–(iv) using the allocations from those contracts as set forth in the Parties’ February 8, 2018 side letter agreement); (v) DIRECTV (for the Sunday Ticket package); (vi) Verizon (for the value of the rights to stream live games, but not for highlights, ancillary programming, sponsorships, enhancements, or ad sales on NFL Network); and (vii) live- or near-live entire or near-entire game content delivered via digital simulcast or streaming (e.g., “all access” / “Over-The-Top” (“OTT”) products). The parties agree that the Current Average is $7.357 billion.