NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 16
Impartial Arbitrator

Section 6
Procedures

All matters in proceedings before the Impartial Arbitrator shall be heard and determined in an expedited manner. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, a proceeding may be commenced upon 48 hours written notice served upon the party against whom the proceeding is brought and the Impartial Arbitrator, and the arbitration, shall be deemed to have been commenced on the second business day after such notice was given. All such notices and all orders and notices issued and directed by the Impartial Arbitrator shall be served upon the NFL and the NFLPA, in addition to any counsel appearing for individual NFL players or individual Clubs. The NFL and the NFLPA shall have the right to participate in all such proceedings, and the NFLPA may appear in any proceedings on behalf of any NFL player who has given authority for such appearance.