Sunday, July 17, 2011

NFL Teams to Have 72-Hour Window to Re-Sign Unrestricted Free Agents Under New CBA

The NFL owners are making one last attempt to salvage their 2011 free agents after their original proposal of a new collective bargaining agreement went south. After their hope for a right-of-first-refusal policy for this year?s unique free agent class was trashed during CBA negotiations, NFL owners will be scrambling to keep their key free agents during this lockout-shortened off season. The Dallas Cowboys are a prime example of a team that may very well lose a key player to free agency now that team will have 72 hours to re-sign unrestricted free agents once the lockout ends.
NFL owners and players have announced a target date of July 21 for the end of the lockout. If they meet that deadline, they will have until July 25 to re-sign players who are now unrestricted free agents under the new CBA.
Cowboys left tackle Doug Free is entering his fifth season in the NFL and would be a restricted free agent under the old CBA. However, leaked details of the new collective bargaining agreem...

Source: http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/nfl_teams_to_have_72_hour_window_to_re_sign_unrestricted_free_agents_under_new_cba/5575282

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