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Reading Kirwans article - several interesting scenarios seem to be an advantage for us, in the short term anyway.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9222468
" The rules to become a free agent change in an uncapped year. To become free, a player will need six years of service instead of four years and his contract has to be expired.
1) A player with five years of experience who under capped season rules would have been free, will now be a restricted free agent if the club decides to designate him as restricted. Quality players with five years of service will be restricted and not many teams will be willing to surrender high draft picks for them. A player waiting for his big 'free agency' contract with a nice fat signing bonus will probably play for a one-year salary with no signing bonus and risk a career ending injury.
2) The same rules apply to players with four years of service to those players with five years as mentioned in point No. 3. The group of potential free agents will be significantly reduced in 2007 because of the loss of four- and five-year players. The best players from the 2002 and 2003 draft classes will not be moving around too much in 2007. "
If I read this right then Givens & Branch will have to stay right where they are, along with Neil and others?
What are the advantages for the players to seek an uncapped 2007, or will it be down the road that Upshaw is talking about saying onec the cap it gone, it will never return??
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9222468
" The rules to become a free agent change in an uncapped year. To become free, a player will need six years of service instead of four years and his contract has to be expired.
1) A player with five years of experience who under capped season rules would have been free, will now be a restricted free agent if the club decides to designate him as restricted. Quality players with five years of service will be restricted and not many teams will be willing to surrender high draft picks for them. A player waiting for his big 'free agency' contract with a nice fat signing bonus will probably play for a one-year salary with no signing bonus and risk a career ending injury.
2) The same rules apply to players with four years of service to those players with five years as mentioned in point No. 3. The group of potential free agents will be significantly reduced in 2007 because of the loss of four- and five-year players. The best players from the 2002 and 2003 draft classes will not be moving around too much in 2007. "
If I read this right then Givens & Branch will have to stay right where they are, along with Neil and others?
What are the advantages for the players to seek an uncapped 2007, or will it be down the road that Upshaw is talking about saying onec the cap it gone, it will never return??
