- 17 game season
- bump up in revenue sharing to 48.8%
- Two additional active roster spots.
- Players can miss as many as five days of the offseason program and still earn the full offseason workout bonus.
Training camp padded practices are limited to 16, down from 28. And padded practices will be limited to 2.5 hours, down from 3.
- If a player can't play in a season after he is injured, he will receive 100 percent of his salary up to $2 million, compared to 50 percent and a maximum of $1.2 million under the old deal. If he can't play two seasons after the injury, he will receive 100 percent of his salary up to $1 million, compared to 30 percent and a maximum of $575,000 under the old deal.
- Retired players will get big benefit increases under the deal, including a boost in pension.
- The "funding rule" is getting a makeover. Under the old agreement, teams had to put into escrow an amount of money equal to the amount of guaranteed money in contracts, minus a $2 million deductible. Under the new CBA, the deductible rises to $15 million (and then up to $17 million for the 2029-30 league years)