NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 30
Termination Pay

Section 3(a)
Ineligibility For Termination Pay

(a)

An otherwise qualified player will not be entitled to Termination Pay under this Article if the Club can demonstrate that, after receipt of a written warning from his Club in the form attached hereto as Appendix I, the player failed to exhibit the level of good faith effort which can be reasonably expected from NFL players on that Club.