NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 26
Salaries

Section 5(e)(v)
Payment

(e)(v)

A player who signs an NFL Player Contract prior to the third week of the regular season in any League Year prior to the Final League Year, and whose contract is then terminated following the eighth week of the regular season (i.e., the player was under contract for six weeks), and whose Paragraph 5 Salary is $1,800,000, will be paid at the rate of $50,000 in equal weekly installments over the course of the six-week period commencing with the third week of the regular season through and including the eighth week of that regular season and, upon the player’s removal from the Club’s roster, a lump sum payment of $300,000 (i.e., the outstanding Paragraph 5 Salary owed to the player) no more than 14 days after contract termination.