NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 26
Salaries

Section 5(e)(iii)
Payment

(e)(iii)

A player who signs an NFL Player Contract or is traded or claimed after the first regular season game in any League Year prior to the Final League Year, will be paid at the rate of 50% of his Paragraph 5 Salary in equal weekly installments over the course of a period equal to twice the number of weeks for which the player is under contract and commencing with the first week for which he is under contract.