NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 39
Players’ Rights To Medical Care and Treatment

Section 5(g)
Accountability and Care Committee

(g)

A joint subcommittee of the Accountability and Care Committee, as set forth in this Article, shall analyze injury information and data from performance tracking technology to study training methods, practices and drills that may lead to injuries, focusing on training camp and preparation for training camp, including without limitation, any conditioning testing. The subcommittee will also analyze whether Offseason Workout and training camp loads affect regular season performance and injury rates. The subcommittee will also endeavor to make recommendations or identify best practices that NFL players and Clubs may follow to ensure players are sufficiently conditioned, including evaluating any Club conditioning tests, and prepared for the start of the Offseason Program and training camp, including a training camp “Acclimation Period.” The results of the subcommittee’s analysis will be available to the NFL and the NFLPA but will not be publicly disseminated unless authorized pursuant to the NFL Player Scientific & Medical Research Protocol, as set forth in Section 18 of this Article and Appendix X of this Agreement. Performance tracking technology data will be returned to the Clubs following the subcommittee’s work and may not be retained, distributed or used for other purposes by the subcommittee or its members. The subcommittee does not have the authority to bind either Party. The Parties shall negotiate in good faith to determine what actions, if any, are appropriate in light of the subcommittee’s recommendation(s).