2007-03-01 06:54:21 · 2 answers · asked by b b 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
What is the difference between a restricted free agent and an unrestricted free agent?
Players become restricted free agents when they complete three accrued seasons and their contract expires. Unrestricted free agents have completed four or more accrued seasons with an expired contract.
What constitutes an "accrued season?"
Six or more regular-season games on a club's active/inactive, reserved-injured or "physically unable to perform" lists.
Other than accrued seasons, what determines a restricted free agent?
He has received a "qualifying" offer (a salary level predetermined by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the league and its players) from his old club.He can negotiate with any club through April 20.If the restricted free agent accepts an offer sheet from a new club, his old club can match the offer and retain him because it has the "right of first refusal." If the old club does not match the offer, it can possibly receive draft-choice compensation depending on the amount of its qualifying offer. If an offer sheet is not executed, the player's rights revert to his old club after April 20.
What determines an unrestricted free agent?
A player with four or more accrued seasons whose contract has expired. He is free to sign with any club, with no compensation owed to his old club, through July 22 (or the first scheduled day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later). On July 23, his rights revert to his old club if it made a "tender" offer (110 percent of last year's salary) to him by June 1. His old club then has until the Tuesday after the 10th week of the season (November 13) to sign him. If he does not sign by November 13, he must sit out the season. If no tender is offered by June 1, the player can be signed by any club at any time throughout the season.
2007-03-01 07:34:23 · answer #1 · answered by mdiggity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An unrestricted free agent is one that is no longer connected to a team in any way. a restricted free aget means that if another team signs him they have to compensate his former team. with free agents all tehy have to do isgie him the best deal.
2007-03-01 14:59:09 · answer #2 · answered by nate dogg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋