NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 23
Preseason Training Camps

Section 7(d)(i)
Conduct of Practices

(d)(i)

For players who qualified for the Rookie Football Development Program to be held during the 2020 League Year pursuant to Article 22, Section 8, for the 2020 League Year, no such player may be required to be at the Club facility for more than 13 hours on any given day, which time limit begins to run at the start of the first scheduled team activity (e.g., team meeting, position group meeting, special teams meeting, practice, group lift, etc.). Once the clock begins to run, it runs continuously for all players (i.e., not on an individual player basis) until the conclusion of the last scheduled team activity. Transportation to and from the Club facility does not count against the time limit. Activities such as physical therapy, treatment, taping, meals and/or snacks do not count against the time limit unless they coincide with, or are held between, team activities. Players may not be required to return to the club facility until at least 11 hours have elapsed since the conclusion of the last scheduled team activity on the previous day, except that no team activity may begin prior to 6:30 a.m. local time. For the 2021 League Year, the maximum time limit set forth above for players who qualified for the Rookie Football Development Program in the applicable League Year shall be reduced to 12.5 hours; provided, however, that if, in the 2021 League Year, there are seventeen regular season games, this time limit shall be further reduced to 12 hours. For the 2022 League Year and any subsequent League Year, the maximum time limit set forth above for players who qualified for the Rookie Football Development Program in the applicable League Year shall be reduced to 12 hours; provided, however, that after the second preseason game in each of those League Years (excluding the Canton Hall of Fame Game or any American Bowl game scheduled around the Canton Hall of Fame Game), this time limit shall be further reduced to 11 hours.