NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 18
Certifications

Section 2(a)
End of League Year Certification

(a)

Within fourteen (14) days of the conclusion of each League Year, the executive primarily responsible for football operations on behalf of each Club shall submit to the Management Council a certification confirming that the Club has not, to the extent of his knowledge after reasonable inquiry of all owners and all employees with authority to negotiate Player Contracts, entered into any undisclosed agreements of any kind, express or implied, oral or written, or promises, undertakings, representations, commitments, inducements, assurances of intent, or understandings of any kind, as described in Article 14, Section 1. Upon receipt of such certification, the Management Council shall forward a copy of the certification to the NFLPA.