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Clubs may conduct voluntary, but not mandatory, off-season workout programs for no more than 14 weeks, with no more than four workouts per week. Clubs may only hold 14 days of organized team activity during this 14-week period, and no contact work is permitted.
Teams must provide their players with a schedule of all off-season activity before it begins, including a starting date which will be uniform around the NFL and a designation of which days are the 14 days for “organized team activity”. The intensity and tempo of drills shall be at a level conducive to learning, with player safety as the highest priority, and not at a level where one player is in a physical contest with another player.
During the 14 days of “organized team activity” the following rules apply:
Maximum six hours per day, with a maximum of two hours on the field.
No pads except protective knee or elbow pads. Helmets are permitted.
No live contact, no live contact drills between offensive and defensive linemen.
7 on 7, 9 on 7, and 11 on 11 drills are permitted but no live contact.
For all off-season workouts other than the 14 days of “organized team activity” these rules apply:
Maximum of four (4) hours per day, with a maximum of 90 minutes on the field.
Club may only specify up to two (2) hours that the players can be at the club facilities; the player may select the other two (2) hours in which he wishes to conduct weight training, etc.
No “organized team activity.”
Pre-Training Camp Period – During the 10 consecutive days immediately prior to the mandatory veteran reporting date for each club’s pre-season training camp, no veteran player, except those specified below, may participate in any club organized workouts or other organized football activity of any kind, or any football activity with any coach. Thus, clubs can not use any of their 14 days of “organized team activity” immediately prior to camp. This ensures a break for veteran players just prior to training camp.
Veteran players not subject to this 10-day rule are: (1) Quarterbacks; (2) Players on the Injured Reserve, Physically Unable to Perform, or Non-Football Injury list at the end of the previous season; (3) Players who failed a club physical after the last game of the previous season; (4) Players who sustained an injury in the off-season; and (5) Players who had off-season surgery. These players may be asked to participate in club activity during this 10 day period.
Any head coach who is responsible for conduct which violates the off-season workout rules will be subject to a fine by the Commissioner, which fine cannot be paid by the club or any other person on behalf of the coach.
Teams must provide their players with a schedule of all off-season activity before it begins, including a starting date which will be uniform around the NFL and a designation of which days are the 14 days for “organized team activity”. The intensity and tempo of drills shall be at a level conducive to learning, with player safety as the highest priority, and not at a level where one player is in a physical contest with another player.
During the 14 days of “organized team activity” the following rules apply:
Maximum six hours per day, with a maximum of two hours on the field.
No pads except protective knee or elbow pads. Helmets are permitted.
No live contact, no live contact drills between offensive and defensive linemen.
7 on 7, 9 on 7, and 11 on 11 drills are permitted but no live contact.
For all off-season workouts other than the 14 days of “organized team activity” these rules apply:
Maximum of four (4) hours per day, with a maximum of 90 minutes on the field.
Club may only specify up to two (2) hours that the players can be at the club facilities; the player may select the other two (2) hours in which he wishes to conduct weight training, etc.
No “organized team activity.”
Pre-Training Camp Period – During the 10 consecutive days immediately prior to the mandatory veteran reporting date for each club’s pre-season training camp, no veteran player, except those specified below, may participate in any club organized workouts or other organized football activity of any kind, or any football activity with any coach. Thus, clubs can not use any of their 14 days of “organized team activity” immediately prior to camp. This ensures a break for veteran players just prior to training camp.
Veteran players not subject to this 10-day rule are: (1) Quarterbacks; (2) Players on the Injured Reserve, Physically Unable to Perform, or Non-Football Injury list at the end of the previous season; (3) Players who failed a club physical after the last game of the previous season; (4) Players who sustained an injury in the off-season; and (5) Players who had off-season surgery. These players may be asked to participate in club activity during this 10 day period.
Any head coach who is responsible for conduct which violates the off-season workout rules will be subject to a fine by the Commissioner, which fine cannot be paid by the club or any other person on behalf of the coach.
