NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 38
Pro Bowl Game

Section 4(f)
Injury

(f)

If an Injured Player described in Section 4(c) above signs an NFL Player Contract for the immediately following NFL season, then: (i) all Injury Compensation paid to the player prior to signing such Player Contract shall be deemed a Benefit under Article 12, Section 2(a); (ii) if the Paragraph 5 Salary specified in the Player Contract is greater than or equal to the Injury Compensation to which the player would otherwise be entitled under Section 4(c) above, the player shall not be entitled to receive Injury Compensation. In such a case, the signing Club shall be responsible for paying the player’s weekly Paragraph 5 Salary for regular season games missed by the player, and such amounts shall not be deemed a Benefit under Article 12, Section 2(a), but shall be considered Salary and charged to the Club’s Team Salary; and (iii) if the Paragraph 5 Salary specified in the Player Contract is less than the Injury Compensation to which the player is entitled under Section 4(c) above, the signing Club shall be responsible for paying the player’s weekly Paragraph 5 Salary for regular season games missed by the player, and such amounts shall not be deemed a Benefit under Article 12, Section 2(a), but shall be considered Salary and charged to the Club’s Team Salary. In such a case, the player shall also receive the Injury Compensation to which he is entitled under Section 4(c) above, net of the weekly Paragraph 5 Salary paid to the player by the Club (“Adjusted Injury Compensation”) for games missed by the player. For any game missed by an Injured Player, under no circumstances shall such player receive, with respect to Paragraph 5 Salary, more than: (i) the stated amount of his weekly Paragraph 5 Salary, if such amount is greater than or equal to the Injury Compensation to which the player would otherwise be entitled for such game; or (ii) the stated amount of his weekly Paragraph 5 Salary plus Adjusted Injury Compensation, if the player’s weekly Paragraph 5 Salary is less than the Injury Compensation to which player is entitled for such game. The player’s Adjust Injury Compensation shall be deemed a Benefit under Article 12, Section 2(a).