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| 2000 NFL free-agency period 552 players become free agents NEW YORK (Feb. 11, 2000) — The NFL announced that 552 players are free agents and free to negotiate with all 31 clubs. The free agents include nine players who this year have been designated by their clubs as "franchise" players and one who has been named a "transition" player. Franchise and transition players are special categories for restricted and unrestricted free agents. The deadline for making these designations for 2000 was Feb. 10. In 1999, six players were designated as franchise players and three as transition players. 2000 FRANCHISE/TRANSITION PLAYER DESIGNATIONS Franchise Player Team DE Simeon Rice Arizona DT Robert Porcher Detroit DE Tony Brackens Jacksonville G Will Shields Kansas City T Richmond Webb (re-signed) Miami LB Mo Lewis (re-signed) N.Y. Jets DT Norman Hand (Franchise tag removed Feb. 16) San Diego WR Joey Galloway * (Traded to Dallas) Seattle RB Stephen Davis Washington Transition Player Team DB Todd Lyght St. Louis * Exclusive franchise player There are two types of franchise players. Clubs retain exclusive negotiating rights to an "exclusive" franchise player by committing to a minimum offer of the average of the top five salaries at the player's position as of the end of the restricted free agent signing period on April 14 or a 20 percent increase over his 1999 salary, whichever is greater. No other clubs can negotiate with exclusive franchise players. Wide receiver Joey Galloway of the Seattle Seahawks has been designated as an exclusive franchise player this year. The second type of franchise player is offered a minimum of the average of the top five salaries at his position in the 1999 season, or a 20 percent salary increase, whichever is greater. This latter type of franchise player may negotiate with other clubs. The original club may match the offer and retain the player, or receive two first-round draft choices as compensation if the original club elects not to match. Each club is permitted one franchise designation in any year of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. If the player signs a multiyear contract while under this designation, the club exhausts its franchise player rights for each year of that contract unless it matched another club's offer for that player, in which case the designation is used only for that year. Any club which elected not to use its franchise player designation in 2000 retains franchise designation rights for 2001 and subsequent years of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, provided the club did not exhaust those rights from a previously signed franchise player. Also, a club may designate a transition player in lieu of a franchise player in any year when the franchise designation is available. A transition player designation gives the club a first-refusal right to match an offer sheet given to the player by another club. To designate a transition player, the club must offer a minimum of the average of the top 10 salaries of 1999 at the player's position or a 20 percent salary increase, whichever is greater. In the event a player retires, suffers a career-ending injury or is otherwise unavailable due to non-football circumstances, a club has the right to designate another franchise or transition player for the remaining years covered by the club's prior designation. A club may withdraw a franchise or transition designation at any time. The player becomes an unrestricted free agent when that withdrawal occurs. Unrestricted veteran free agents are players who have completed four or more accrued seasons of service and whose contracts have expired. They are free to sign with any club through July 15. On July 16, their exclusive rights will revert to their original club if that club makes a June 1 tender to these players. Teams will have until the 10th week of the season (Nov. 7) to sign their unrestricted veteran free agents to whom a tender was made on June 1. If the player does not sign by Nov. 7, he must continue to sit out the remainder of the season. Restricted free agents are players who have completed three accrued seasons of service and whose contracts have expired. They have received qualifying offers from their old clubs and will be free to negotiate with any club until April 14, at which time their rights will revert to their original club. If a player accepts an offer from a new club, the old club will have the right to match the offer and retain the player. If the old club elects not to match the offer, it may receive draft-choice compensation depending on the level of the qualifying offer made to the player. The signing period for unrestricted free agents and franchise and transition players begins on Feb. 11 and concludes on July 15. The signing period for restricted free agents begins Feb. 11 and concludes on April 14. |
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