NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 36
Moving and Travel Expenses


Qualification: A player qualifying under either of the following categories will receive reimbursement for moving expenses, upon presentation of vouchers, in accordance with Section 2 of this Article:

  • Section 2. Moving Expenses

    As a condition of the responsibility of the Club for the costs of moving expenses for a player who qualifies for reimbursement pursuant to Section 1 above, the player must (a) consult with the appropriate Club official in advance concerning his move; and (b) allow the Club to designate the moving company that will accomplish the move. In the event that the player demonstrates reasonable dissatisfaction with the moving company designated by the Club, the player may, at his option, proffer two additional estimates from established moving companies, from which the Club will select a substitute for the moving company initially designated. (In no event shall the Club be liable for any property damage or loss resulting from use of another moving company. This shall not be construed to mean that the Club is responsible for any property damage or loss resulting from using the Club’s moving company.) Thereafter, such player will receive reimbursement of his actual, ordinary and reasonable moving expenses, including travel expenses for player and his immediate family.

  • Section 3. Travel Expenses

    Any veteran player who is traded or claimed at any time during a League Year, or any rookie player who is traded or claimed after the start of the regular season and subsequently makes the Active List of the Club to which he is traded or by which he is claimed, will receive, upon presentation of vouchers; (a) first class round trip air fare for his spouse or the equivalent in cash if his spouse makes the trip by another mode of transportation; (b) a sum not to exceed two months’ rent or mortgage payments for living quarters in the home city from which the player is traded or by which he is waived, provided, however, that such payment shall be made only if and to the extent that the player is legally obligated to make such rent or mortgage payments and the total of such payments shall not exceed $7,550 for the 2020 League Year, $8,250 for the 2021–25 League Years and $9,000 for the 2026–30 League Years; and (c) the room cost of seven days’ stay at a hotel of the Club’s choice in the new team city for the player.

  • Section 4. Transportation

    Each player who is traded or claimed during the preseason or regular season will by the fastest available means of transportation report to the Club to which he is traded or by which he is claimed. Any veteran player who is traded or claimed during the preseason or regular season or any rookie player who is traded or claimed after the start of the regular season will receive first class air fare. All other players will be furnished coach air fare.

    (a)

    Any veteran player who is traded, claimed, assigned in an expansion allocation or a member of a Club which relocates to a different home city, and before the first regular season game of the subsequent League Year, takes up permanent residence in the city of the Club to which he is traded or assigned, by which he is claimed or which relocates to a different home city; or

    (b)

    Any rookie player who is traded or claimed after the start of the regular season, subsequently makes the Active List of the Club to which he is traded or by which he is claimed, and takes up permanent residence in the city of the Club to which he is traded or by which he is claimed before the first regular season game of the subsequent season.