NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 30
Termination Pay

Section 1(b)
Eligibility

(b)

Subject to Section 3 below, the amount of Termination Pay payable to such player shall be calculated as follows: (i) determine the unpaid balance of his Paragraph 5 Salary for that League Year; and (ii) subtract any Paragraph 5 Salary earned as a salary guarantee from the terminating Club under the contract from which the player was terminated and during the season in which the benefit is claimed (for the avoidance of doubt, this provision shall not have any effect upon a player without any guaranteed Paragraph 5 Salary whose contract is terminated, and who later re-signs with the terminating Club). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Subsection shall alter the arbitration decision in Spiller, et al. v. San Francisco 49ers, et al.