NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 32
Expansion

Section 2
Additional Compensatory Picks

The Clubs may decide the selection position for expansion teams in the Draft, and may allocate to each expansion Club additional special Draft selections in the Drafts held prior to each of the first three seasons in which the expansion Clubs will participate in regular League play, up to a maximum of one additional such special Draft selection for each expansion Club in each round of the Draft in each such year.