Article 15 CERTIFICATIONS
15.1 Contract Certification.
- Every Player Contract (other than a 10-Day Contract), or any Renegotiation, Extension, or amendment of a Player Contract, entered into during the term of this Agreement, shall be accompanied by a certification, sworn to separately by (i) the person who executed the Player Contract on behalf of the Team, (ii) the player, and (iii) any player agent who negotiated the Contract on behalf of the player, under penalties of perjury, that the Player Contract, Renegotiation, Extension, or amendment sets forth all components of a player’s Compensation from the Team or any Team Affiliate, and that there are no undisclosed agreements of any kind, express or implied, oral or written, and that there are no promises, undertakings, representations, commitments, inducements, assurances of intent, or understandings of any kind that have not been disclosed to the NBA:
- involving consideration to be paid, furnished or made available to the player, or any person or entity controlled by or related to the player, by the Team or any Team Affiliate, either during the term of the Player Contract or thereafter; or
- concerning any future Renegotiation, Extension, or other amendment of the Player Contract or the entry into any new Player Contract.
- Prior to the assignment of any Player Contract of a player who is in the last Salary Cap Year of the Contract (or the last Salary Cap Year before the player has the right to terminate the Contract), the player, the player’s agent, and the Team to which such Contract is to be assigned shall each submit to the NBA a certification, sworn to under penalties of perjury, that there are no undisclosed agreements of any kind, express or implied, oral or written, and that there are no promises, undertakings, representations, commitments, inducements, assurances of intent, or understandings of any kind that have not been disclosed to the NBA concerning any new Player Contract, any future Renegotiation, Extension, or other amendment of the Player Contract that has been assigned, or any matters of compensation (including future compensation) between the player (or the player’s agent) and the Team to which the Player Contract has been assigned.
- If a player, within two (2) years after the assignment of such player’s Player Contract, enters into a new Player Contract, or any Renegotiation, Extension, or other amendment of the Player Contract that had been assigned, the Team, the player, and the player’s agent shall each submit to the NBA a certification, sworn to under penalties of perjury, that, at the time of the assignment, there were no agreements of any kind, express or implied, oral or written, or promises, undertakings, representations, commitments, inducements, assurances of intent, or understandings of any kind, between the player (or the player’s agent) and the Team to which the Contract has been assigned that have not been disclosed to the NBA concerning any new Player Contract, or any future Renegotiation, Extension, or other amendment of the Player Contract that had been assigned.
15.2 End of Season Certification.
- At the conclusion of each NBA Season, a Governor (or Alternate Governor) and the executive primarily responsible for basketball operations on behalf of the Team shall each submit to the NBA a certification, sworn to under penalties of perjury, that the Team has not, to the extent of their knowledge after reasonable inquiry, violated the terms of Article XIV, Section 1, nor received from the NBA League Office any communication disclosing that an NBA Team has negotiated with any Free Agent prior to the execution of a Player Contract with that player. Upon receipt of each such certification, the NBA shall forward a copy of the certification to the Players Association.
- A violation of this Section 2 may be deemed evidence of a violation of Article XIV, Section 1.