NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 21
Offseason Workouts

Section 8(e)
Enforcement

(e)

In the event any week of the Club’s offseason workout program, excluding minicamps, is cancelled, no player may work out at any team facility during the cancelled week. However, in such event, players participating in the Club’s offseason program shall be deemed to have participated in the required number of days for the cancelled week in order to qualify for offseason workout pay or any workout bonuses. No conduct occurring prior to the date upon which any arbitration proceeding is filed before the Impartial Arbitrator under these rules may serve as the basis for a finding of a second violation by a Club. A second violation by a Club in the same League Year must be predicated upon facts arising after the grievance alleging the first violation has been filed. Any violation that occurs in the last week of the Club’s offseason workout program will result in a loss of the Club’s first week of OTAs (3 OTAs) in the next offseason; provided, however, this carry-over cancellation will not constitute an independent violation in the next offseason. If the Club hires a new head coach after the offseason in which the violation occurs, the cancellation will not carry over for that Club; however, if the terminated head coach is hired by another NFL Club as a head coach, the carry-over cancellation will be assessed against the hiring Club in that offseason.