NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 28
Performance-Based Pool

Section 5(b)(iv)
Methodology

(b)(iv)

If a portion of the player’s Paragraph 5 Salary is treated as signing bonus, the full Paragraph 5 Salary (rather than the current year’s proration) will be counted; all other amounts treated as signing bonus will be included on a prorated basis except for unearned incentives, as described in Subsection (iv) above.