For Inquiring Minds – Releasing/Terminating an NFL player that is injured.
Short Version
From page 268, Article 45 Injury Protection, NFLPA CBA 2020
https://nflpaweb.blob.core.windows.n...cuted-Copy.pdf
1. If either Eric Fisher or Mitchell Schwartz would be released, they would qualify for Injury Protection – See Section 2 Qualifications, page 268.
2. The Pay out to them would be 100% of their Paragraph 5 Salary but for the year 2021 that amount will not exceed $2,000,000 of which the
Chiefs (Club)
would be responsible for $1,200,000. – See Section 4, Treatment of Injury Protection Benefit Payments.
3. If you have guaranteed injury payments like Dee Ford has, that amount gets subtracted out of the Injury Protection money.
4. Section 13. Costs:
Any reasonable costs associated with a player’s reasonable and customary rehabilitation as set forth in Sections 2(b) and 7(b) of this Article, and reasonable travel to and from any medical examination performed at the Club’s request as provided for in this Article
shall be paid for by the Club.
So the Chiefs would save money, but there would be some cost.
If you have not been punished enough, you can go to the CBA link above and read and try to figure out.
Good Luck.
P.S. – I’m not advocating for Eric or Mitchell to be released. Just looking at the rules and what it means to the Chiefs.