NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 39
Players’ Rights To Medical Care and Treatment

Section 13(e)
Sleep Studies

For purposes of this Section “Sleep Studies” shall mean any effort to test, monitor, observe, analyze or collect information on or in connection with the sleep activity of an NFL player or players, without limitation, through the use of wearable sleep trackers and any future iterations thereof. This Section does not and is not intended to affect a Club physician’s ability to order sleep testing of an individual player when clinically indicated (e.g., to determine if such player is suffering from a medical condition, such as sleep apnea). The Parties hereby agree that NFL Clubs may perform Sleep Studies, subject to the following limitations:

(e)

The data and information collected from a player participating in a Sleep Study may not be shared with or transferred to the Club unless or until such player provides informed written approval of such transfer. If player gives such consent, the resulting data will only be shared with the Club medical, sports performance and athletic training staffs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Club may require a player to provide written consent for the transfer of his individual Sleep Study data as a prerequisite to the Club paying for the player’s participation in the Sleep Study. Such consent, once given, may not be rescinded. In the event a player opts not to participate in a Sleep Study, the Club may give the player the option to contract directly with the third-party company for the same services.