NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 26
Salaries

Section 5(b)(iii)
Payment

(b)(iii)

Any player under contract who is suspended without pay for any period in any League Year after the 2020 League Year but prior to the Final League Year will forfeit his entire Paragraph 5 Salary for any week(s) for which the player is suspended, which amounts shall be withheld at the rate of: (i) 50% of his Paragraph 5 Salary in equal weekly installments over the period of his suspension; and (ii) 50% of his Paragraph 5 Salary in equal weekly installments over the course of a period equal to the number of weeks for which he was suspended, and which period shall commence on the week that falls the number of weeks for which the player was under contract after the first week of his suspension (e.g., if the player was under contract for 14 weeks, 14 weeks after the first week of his suspension); provided, however, that if the player is terminated prior to the final regular season week, the remaining balance of the forfeited Paragraph 5 Salary shall be deducted from the outstanding Paragraph 5 Salary owed to the player in lump sum no more than 14 days after contract termination.