NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 51
Miscellaneous

Section 14(g)(v)
Sensors - Discipline
(g)(v)Discipline.

  • (a) First Violation in a League-Year. In the event that the Impartial Arbitrator finds, or in the event that the NFL and NFLPA agree, that a Club employee or a member of a Club’s medical or performance staff knowingly and materially failed to comply with this Subsection regarding the approval and use of Sensors in NFL practices, the Commissioner shall impose discipline by: (a) issuance of a letter of reprimand advising that the relevant party knowingly and materially violated this Subsection, (b) requiring the relevant party involved with the deviation of this Subsection to attend remedial education; and/or (c) a fine in an amount of no more than One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000); and any other discipline that the Commissioner deems warranted by the violation.
    In the event that the Impartial Arbitrator finds, or the Parties agree, that the violation involved aggravating circumstances, the relevant party shall be subject, in the first instance, to a fine in an amount no less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000). In this regard, the Commissioner shall consider the Impartial Arbitrator’s findings with regard to relevant aggravating factors in making his determination as to appropriate discipline.
  • (b) Second and Subsequent Violation(s) in a League-Year. In the event that the Impartial Arbitrator finds, or in the event that the NFL and NFLPA agree, that a Club or Club employee is responsible for a second knowing and material failure to comply with this Subsection concerning the approval and use of Sensors in NFL practices in the same League Year, regardless of whether, in the case of a Club, such deviation was caused by the same employee and/or member of a Club’s medical or performance staff involved in the first incident, the Commissioner shall impose a fine of at least Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) plus whatever other measures he deems warranted.
    The Commissioner shall consider the Impartial Arbitrator’s findings with regard to relevant aggravating or mitigating factors in making his determination as to appropriate discipline.