sumodat Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 I have wondered this for a while. How does one become a restricted free agent vs. free agent? Someone please explain. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joncevensen Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 its in the cba on the players website. Its hard to explain so I would just recommend going on nflpa.com and going to the CBA section on free agency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalSkins81 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 From Wikipedia In philosophy, a free agent is an individual who has free will. In software, Free Agent is the free version of the Forté Agent newsreader. In North American professional sports, particularly baseball, football, and basketball, a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired, and the player is able to sign a contract with another team. The term came into wide use after sports leagues stopped using a "reserve clause", whereby a player either signed a new contract with the same team or could quit the league. In some leagues, distinction is made between an "unrestricted free agent" and a "restricted free agent." A restricted free agent is a player who can sign with another team, but with one or more restrictions. For example, the player's current team may have the right to match the terms and conditions of the contract offered by another team, or the current team may be entitled to compensation in the form of money or draft picks from the player's new team. Teams don't like unrestricted free agency because it can lead to bidding wars; increased player salaries means decreased team profits. As discussed in the article on the reserve clause, widespread restricted free agency has therefore been preferred by sports teams after they lost the reserve clause. For example, an age limit (say, only players over 31 years of age can get unrestricted free agency) can be used to keep the majority of players from getting better offers from other teams. In some leagues, free agency has deadlines. For example, under the current NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement, restricted free agents who do not sign contracts by December 1 of a given year will be ineligible to play in the NHL for the balance of that season. However, other leagues (such as the NBA) have no such restrictions. Free agency has significantly changed the nature of professional sports. With the reserve clause, it was common for players to remain with the same team for their entire professional career; if they moved to another team, it was because their team decided to trade or release them. With free agency, teams with less revenue cannot afford to play extremely high salaries for excellent players, and therefore lose them to other teams when they become free agents. Another impact of free agency, resulting from the greater movement of players from team to team, is less "identification" of fans with their sports teams, since the roster of players (and stars) changes so much from year to year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Well, first you go to college and play football. You excel just enough to become an NFL player, but not so great that you get picked too high.. then you sign a three year deal, and after that is up, you can become a restricted free agent. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfujskins Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Simply put, you are a restricted free agent if you have been in the league 3 years of less and your rookie contract (of 3 years or less) has expired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumodat Posted January 20, 2006 Author Share Posted January 20, 2006 From WikipediaIn philosophy, a free agent is an individual who has free will. In software, Free Agent is the free version of the Forté Agent newsreader. In North American professional sports, particularly baseball, football, and basketball, a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired, and the player is able to sign a contract with another team. The term came into wide use after sports leagues stopped using a "reserve clause", whereby a player either signed a new contract with the same team or could quit the league. In some leagues, distinction is made between an "unrestricted free agent" and a "restricted free agent." A restricted free agent is a player who can sign with another team, but with one or more restrictions. For example, the player's current team may have the right to match the terms and conditions of the contract offered by another team, or the current team may be entitled to compensation in the form of money or draft picks from the player's new team. Teams don't like unrestricted free agency because it can lead to bidding wars; increased player salaries means decreased team profits. As discussed in the article on the reserve clause, widespread restricted free agency has therefore been preferred by sports teams after they lost the reserve clause. For example, an age limit (say, only players over 31 years of age can get unrestricted free agency) can be used to keep the majority of players from getting better offers from other teams. In some leagues, free agency has deadlines. For example, under the current NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement, restricted free agents who do not sign contracts by December 1 of a given year will be ineligible to play in the NHL for the balance of that season. However, other leagues (such as the NBA) have no such restrictions. Free agency has significantly changed the nature of professional sports. With the reserve clause, it was common for players to remain with the same team for their entire professional career; if they moved to another team, it was because their team decided to trade or release them. With free agency, teams with less revenue cannot afford to play extremely high salaries for excellent players, and therefore lose them to other teams when they become free agents. Another impact of free agency, resulting from the greater movement of players from team to team, is less "identification" of fans with their sports teams, since the roster of players (and stars) changes so much from year to year. Well, that explains a lot, but I am curious as to HOW one becomes a RFA vs. a FA. Does the team write it into the contract that when the contract is up the player becomes a RFA? If so, why don't teams make everyone RFA's? It is confusing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sknsgirl Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Restricted Free Agents (RFA) A Restricted Free Agent is an NFL player who is not under contract, but has only three years of NFL experience. The signing period for restricted free agents begins on March 2 and concludes on April 15. If his previous team has made him a Qualifying Offer, then that team has a right of first refusal on the player. This means the player may negotiate with other teams and receive an offer, however the previous team may agree to the offer that the player has received, in which case the player stays with his former team. Of course there are lots of games played, the prospective new team will attempt to structure the offer so that it is very unpalatable to the new team. For example, a team with a lot of cap room can offer a large salary and small signing bonus which is difficult for another team to match. Or a team with a very bad record can offer a large bonus based on winning 10 games, which would be unlikely to be earned on the new team but perhaps likely to be earned on the original team, thus making the offer have a large cap number. And while we're at it, here's the scoop on Unrestricted Free Agents, too: Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA) An Unrestricted Free Agent is a player who is not under contract with any team. This player may sign a contract with any NFL team, and their previous team gets no compensation in any form. You become a UFA if you get cut, or if your contract runs out and you have at least four years of NFL experience. The signing period for unrestricted free agents begins March 2 and concludes on July 22 (or the first scheduled day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later). UFAs are free to sign with any club through July 22 or the first scheduled day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later. On July 23, their exclusive rights will revert to their original club if that club made a June 1 tender at the veteran minimum to the player. Teams will have until the 10th week of the season (Nov. 15) to sign their unrestricted veteran free agents. If the player does not sign by Nov. 15, he must continue to sit out the remainder of the season. If a June 1 tender is not made to an unrestricted free agent, he continues to be free to sign with any club. http://football.calsci.com/FreeAgency.html Here's another helpful link from the Chargers' board that answers questions about free agency: http://forums.chargers.com/showthread.php?t=28034 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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