NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 26
Salaries

Section 5(b)(i)
Payment

(b)(i)

In the 2021 League Year and in any subsequent League Year prior to the Final League Year, unless the Club and the player otherwise agree to defer a portion of the player’s salary in accordance with Section 6 below, each player under an NFL Player Contract will be paid at the rate of 50% of his Paragraph 5 Salary in equal weekly or biweekly installments over a period equal to twice the number of weeks for which the player is under contract with any Club. Any player under a Practice Squad Player Contract shall be paid at the rate of 100% of his Paragraph 4 Salary in equal weekly or bi-weekly installments over the course of the regular season. For the sake of clarity and the avoidance of doubt, a player who is under contract with a Club for an entire regular season in which there are 17 regular season weeks will be paid over a 34-week period; alternatively, a player who is under contract with a Club for an entire regular season in which there are 18 regular season weeks will be paid over a 36-week period.