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(07-23-2025, 11:15 AM)George Cantstandya Wrote: I apologize, I was looking at the wrong section of the CBA I quoted above.  That is the section that covers what happens if a drafted player does not sign and plays for another professional league during that time.  That is the part of the CBA that states the team maintains the players rights for 3 years.  

Article 6 Section 4 (a) states this:


Which I don't fully understand.  It seems to indicate that a team can acquire the negotiating rights to an unsigned rookie through the waiver process.  To me that would indicate the original team somehow cutting or relinquishing the rights to said player.  Perhaps someone else can clear that up for me.

It seems that the NFLPA would want some protections for the rookie player in the event the team refuses to offer the required tender.  Protections that would then allow the player to sign with another team.  Otherwise the player to some degree would be punished by the team refusing to offer the required tender.  The player then unable to play for the season would indeed enter next years draft but would 1) lose a year of pay 2) likely be drafted in a later round the next year.  So the same as if the player refused to sign but instead of the player inflicting the loss of pay on himself the team would do it.

That just seems like something the NFLPA would want to protect against. 

No apology needed my friend. We are trying to figure this out together.


I read the language as well and it was not clear. Specifically; how/when/why would NFL assigns the rights of a draftee to another club?

I feel that players are protected because Teams are required to offer the "Required Tender".

Conversely; Team are not protected if a player refuses to sign a contract and can potentially sign it until after Week 10. So, the required tender would be paid the same as a player who has worked through camp, preseason and 10 season games? I don't think a non-contracted player can be fined for missing any of these?
EDIT: Question marks.

So, if Bengals do retract their Required Tender with refusal to sign as justification, shouldn't the refusal to sign parameters apply?