NFL Owners Still Pushing For Right Of 1st Refusal On Unrestricted Free Agents

Discussion in 'NFL General Discussion' started by BigBlueBruiser, Jun 30, 2011.

  1. BigBlueBruiser

    BigBlueBruiser Guest

    Sources have told FOXSports.com the NFL would consent to four years as the unrestricted free agency threshold. However, that is contingent upon each team having a right of first refusal in 2011 on three named players entering their fifth or sixth NFL season who would now qualify as UFAs. In 2010, unrestricted free agency was granted only to players with six credited NFL seasons. The NFL’s concern is a flooding of the 2011 unrestricted market. The right-of-first-refusal labels would be in addition to the franchise and transition tags at each team’s disposal that are designed to limit player movement.

    Source: FOX Sports
     
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    BigBlueBruiser, Jun 30, 2011
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  2. BigBlueBruiser

    BigBlueBruiser Guest

    I would see this as a one-time thing if this goes through....
     
    BigBlueBruiser, Jun 30, 2011
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  3. 86WARD

    86WARD -

    It's kind of in effect now with how the tags work. The reason this would suck is teams would put bullcrap poison pill clauses in the contracts that would prevent the teams from signing players they want to keep.
     
    86WARD, Jun 30, 2011
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  4. falloutboy14

    falloutboy14 Rookie

    But if a player simply wants to leave town, finds a good contract for his home, then he is forced to return to the team he doesn't want to join, sucks for him.
     
    falloutboy14, Jun 30, 2011
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