NFLPA STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Standard Representation Agreement (SRA) - ✔✔the agreement that regulates your
relationship with the player.
✔✔Rookie Salary - ✔✔the highest amount of contracted compensation in each year of
the rookie contract
✔✔What can be in a rookie deal? - ✔✔๏ Paragraph 5 Salary
๏ Signing Bonus
๏ Workout Bonus (above the per diem amount)
๏ Minimum off-season workout pay
๏ 5th-year option (round 1)
๏ Proven performance escalators (rounds 2-7 with 2020 CBA)
๏ Appearances
✔✔How many appearances do rookies have to make on the Club's behalf per year? -
✔✔up to 5
✔✔How much is a player entitled to per appearance? - ✔✔$6,500 (2020-25) or $9,000
(2026-30)
✔✔Proven Performance Escalators are only for players... - ✔✔drafted in rounds 2 -7
✔✔When can Drafted rookies renegotiate a contract? - ✔✔after the final regular season
game of year 3.
✔✔When can Undrafted rookies renegotiate a contract? - ✔✔after the final regular
season game of year 2.
✔✔What are the two levels of minimum salaries? - ✔✔๏ Active/Inactive
๏ Split (not on Active/Inactive)
✔✔When can the 1st renegotiation of a veteran contract take place? - ✔✔at any time
✔✔How can a club create cap room in the current year without adding an extension to a
veteran's contract? - ✔✔by converting a portion of the player's Paragraph 5 salary into a
signing bonus.
✔✔OATSB - Other Amounts Treated as Signing Bonus - ✔✔๏ Guaranteed Roster
Bonus
๏ Guaranteed Report Bonus
, ๏ Guaranteed Workout Bonus
๏ Guaranteed Paragraph 5 Advances
✔✔Incentives are labeled as... - ✔✔"Likely to be Earned" (LTBE) or "Not Likely to be
Earned" (NLTBE)
✔✔Under Paragraph 9 of the Player Contract, what is a player entitled to? -
✔✔continued salary payments and medical treatment for the period of the disability
✔✔When is the Club obligated to pay the cost of a 2nd medical opinion? - ✔✔- The
player consults with the Club doctor prior to obtaining the 2nd
opinion.
- The player provides the Club with a copy of the 2nd opinion report.
✔✔When is the Club obligated to pay the cost of a surgeon other than the Club doctor?
- ✔✔- The player consults the Club doctor prior to surgery.
- The player considers the Club doctor recommendations.
- The surgeon must be Board Certified in his field of medical expertise.
✔✔When may a player request to examine copies of his medical and trainers' records?
- ✔✔up to two times in a year (once in pre-season, once after the season)
✔✔"Advice" from the NFLPA for Agents to share with injured players. - ✔✔1. Have
complete disclosure during your pre-season physical.
2. Understand limitations of the injury guarantee (Paragraph9).
3. New injuries must be reported to the medical staff. You must receive treatment as
required by the Club.
4. Clubs keep an injury diary, you should, too. Especially concerning what the staff is
telling you. (This will prevent them from changing the story when they want to cut an
injured player.)
5. DO NOT return to on-field activities until you are physically ready.
6. Get a second opinion, if necessary.
7. DO NOT sign any club forms indicating you are healthy if you are not. Teams can use
that against you.
8. Understand what Reserve-Injured (IR) means going forward.
✔✔When is an Injury Grievance filed? - ✔✔if your player is terminated while still injured
and must be filed within 25 days of the termination
✔✔The Injury Settlement form should contain what items? - ✔✔๏ Specified injury
๏ Estimated time of recovery
๏ Amount of Salary agreed (remembering that if it is equal to 3
game checks, the player receives a Credited Season)
๏ Keep open the right to file Workers' Compensation claim
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Standard Representation Agreement (SRA) - ✔✔the agreement that regulates your
relationship with the player.
✔✔Rookie Salary - ✔✔the highest amount of contracted compensation in each year of
the rookie contract
✔✔What can be in a rookie deal? - ✔✔๏ Paragraph 5 Salary
๏ Signing Bonus
๏ Workout Bonus (above the per diem amount)
๏ Minimum off-season workout pay
๏ 5th-year option (round 1)
๏ Proven performance escalators (rounds 2-7 with 2020 CBA)
๏ Appearances
✔✔How many appearances do rookies have to make on the Club's behalf per year? -
✔✔up to 5
✔✔How much is a player entitled to per appearance? - ✔✔$6,500 (2020-25) or $9,000
(2026-30)
✔✔Proven Performance Escalators are only for players... - ✔✔drafted in rounds 2 -7
✔✔When can Drafted rookies renegotiate a contract? - ✔✔after the final regular season
game of year 3.
✔✔When can Undrafted rookies renegotiate a contract? - ✔✔after the final regular
season game of year 2.
✔✔What are the two levels of minimum salaries? - ✔✔๏ Active/Inactive
๏ Split (not on Active/Inactive)
✔✔When can the 1st renegotiation of a veteran contract take place? - ✔✔at any time
✔✔How can a club create cap room in the current year without adding an extension to a
veteran's contract? - ✔✔by converting a portion of the player's Paragraph 5 salary into a
signing bonus.
✔✔OATSB - Other Amounts Treated as Signing Bonus - ✔✔๏ Guaranteed Roster
Bonus
๏ Guaranteed Report Bonus
, ๏ Guaranteed Workout Bonus
๏ Guaranteed Paragraph 5 Advances
✔✔Incentives are labeled as... - ✔✔"Likely to be Earned" (LTBE) or "Not Likely to be
Earned" (NLTBE)
✔✔Under Paragraph 9 of the Player Contract, what is a player entitled to? -
✔✔continued salary payments and medical treatment for the period of the disability
✔✔When is the Club obligated to pay the cost of a 2nd medical opinion? - ✔✔- The
player consults with the Club doctor prior to obtaining the 2nd
opinion.
- The player provides the Club with a copy of the 2nd opinion report.
✔✔When is the Club obligated to pay the cost of a surgeon other than the Club doctor?
- ✔✔- The player consults the Club doctor prior to surgery.
- The player considers the Club doctor recommendations.
- The surgeon must be Board Certified in his field of medical expertise.
✔✔When may a player request to examine copies of his medical and trainers' records?
- ✔✔up to two times in a year (once in pre-season, once after the season)
✔✔"Advice" from the NFLPA for Agents to share with injured players. - ✔✔1. Have
complete disclosure during your pre-season physical.
2. Understand limitations of the injury guarantee (Paragraph9).
3. New injuries must be reported to the medical staff. You must receive treatment as
required by the Club.
4. Clubs keep an injury diary, you should, too. Especially concerning what the staff is
telling you. (This will prevent them from changing the story when they want to cut an
injured player.)
5. DO NOT return to on-field activities until you are physically ready.
6. Get a second opinion, if necessary.
7. DO NOT sign any club forms indicating you are healthy if you are not. Teams can use
that against you.
8. Understand what Reserve-Injured (IR) means going forward.
✔✔When is an Injury Grievance filed? - ✔✔if your player is terminated while still injured
and must be filed within 25 days of the termination
✔✔The Injury Settlement form should contain what items? - ✔✔๏ Specified injury
๏ Estimated time of recovery
๏ Amount of Salary agreed (remembering that if it is equal to 3
game checks, the player receives a Credited Season)
๏ Keep open the right to file Workers' Compensation claim
