The NFL and NFL Players Association have reached an agreement on changes to the on-field discipline rules that will take effect beginning with the 2010 season.
This agreement was signed between Commissioner Roger Goodell and players & NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith at the scouting combine in Indianapolis in February. The changes focus on speeding up the appeals process and avoiding situations in which players have money taken out of their checks but have to wait months for their appeals to be heard.
The on-field discipline rules that will take effect beginning with the 2010 season are:
- A second appeals officer, Ted Cottrell, has been named to hear appeals of on-field discipline. Cottrell will join Art Shell in hearing all appeals of on-field player discipline;
- The fees and expenses for Shell and Cottrell, jointly appointed by the league and union, will be shared equally by the NFL and the NFLPA;
- Any fine for an on-field violation that is assessed through the 13th week of the season will not be collected in advance if the player and the appeal is heard within the time limits set forth in the Collective Bargaining;
- Any fine for an on-field violation beginning in the 14th week will be collected in full when the fine is issued
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