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Re: ILB Adam Seward [merged]
There are 3 types of free agents in this discussion. They are all free agents. But you know this and just won't admit that you screwed up.
Free Agent is a term that encompasses those three types: Unrestricted, Restricted and Exclusive Rights. All are free to sign a contract with any other team. For a Restricted free agent, the team that previously held his rights has a right to match that offer if they choose, but the contract still remains the same. For the Exclusive Rights free agent, the team can remove him from free agency by making him the appropriate tender offer, at which point he cannot sign with another team and is no longer a free agent.
Still blaming others for your glaring mistake on a thread that is about a restricted free agent, I see.
The original team can't match the offer anymore?
My bad, I didn't know they'd changed the rule.
Obviously, since he's free to sign a contract and play for any team we don't need to offer a 5th either. Better let Pioli know about this right away.
There are 3 types of free agents in this discussion. They are all free agents. But you know this and just won't admit that you screwed up.
Free Agent is a term that encompasses those three types: Unrestricted, Restricted and Exclusive Rights. All are free to sign a contract with any other team. For a Restricted free agent, the team that previously held his rights has a right to match that offer if they choose, but the contract still remains the same. For the Exclusive Rights free agent, the team can remove him from free agency by making him the appropriate tender offer, at which point he cannot sign with another team and is no longer a free agent.
Yes, that's why they are called restricted free agents.
The original flap was over me calling Woods and Alexander free agents without saying unrestricted. It's just shorthand. I never said anything about contracts.
Unless they are restricted or exclusive rights, they can't be anything but unrestricted, hence the mock confusion on the part of the other poster was a waste of time.
Still blaming others for your glaring mistake on a thread that is about a restricted free agent, I see.
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