"Handful Of Clubs" Opposed Of Allowing Teams First Right Refusals For UFA's

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  1. NFL owners and players met for the second straight day in Hull, Mbutt., 18 miles south of Boston, as they attempt to close in on a collective bargaining agreement. "The players and owners were here over the last two days," commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday as he stood next to players association chief DeMaurice Smith. "De and I were here for the entire meetings also. And it's complicated and it's complex, but we're working hard and we understand the fans' frustration. But I think both of us feel strongly that we're going to continue to work hard at it." As the negotiating teams for owners and players continue to work on a long-term economic model, a number of ancillary issues are being discussed, including a short-term idea that would allow teams to exercise three right-of-first-refusals on their own free agents for this year only, according to sources. A right-of-first-refusal option would allow teams to match any offer that its free agent player signs with another club; in essence, operating under the "transaction" tag model in the previous collective bargaining agreement. It would seem to be an unlikely provision the players would agree to, inasmuch many of the fourth-and-fifth year free agents were unable to enjoy unrestricted free agency in 2010 under the rules of an uncapped year. There even has been some disapproval from a handful of clubs that have aggressive plans to pursue some of the estimated 500 unrestricted free agents.

    Source: ESPN


     
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