NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 41
Workers’ Compensation

Section 4(ii)(B)
Workers’ Compensation Offset Provisions

The parties agree that the following provisions shall exclusively govern any and all rights Clubs have with respect to workers’ compensation credits or offsets during the term of this Agreement.

(ii)(B)

In the event that an Injury Grievance, injury guarantee, or other arbitrable claim where workers’ compensation offsets or credits is at issue and within the jurisdiction of the arbitrator, is settled between the player and the Club, or in the event that a Club and player execute an injury-related settlement agreement, the Club shall be entitled to a reduction of 1.5 weeks of a player’s workers’ compensation award or settlement for each week that the player is deemed entitled to receive his full Paragraph 5 Salary pursuant to the settlement, to a maximum of 25 weeks. The Club and player shall be required to specify in the written settlement agreement the number of weeks for which the player is receiving his full Paragraph 5 Salary under the settlement so that the appropriate number of weeks of the player’s workers’ compensation award or settlement can be reduced. For example, if a player and a Club settle an Injury Grievance or injury guarantee claim for a specified period of 3 weeks, the Club will be entitled to a reduction of 4.5 (= 3 × 1.5) weeks of the player’s workers’ compensation award or settlement.