NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 41
Workers’ Compensation

Section 4(ii)(D)(5)
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)(D)(5)

Performance-based pay earned prior to the date of injury (unless, for any period of time in which a Club would otherwise be entitled to a credit or offset pursuant to this Section, the player’s weekly salary would be less than the amount of weekly workers’ compensation benefits payable under state law, in which case the performance-based pay could be added by the Club to the player’s Paragraph 5 Salary for those weeks in which the Club would be entitled to a credit or offset under this Section);