Comments on: Final Eight Plan limitations apply to trades, too

By: coz

coz — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:49:41 +0000

sucks if you made the playoffs this year bahahaha

By: Treima

Treima — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:55:48 +0000

@madsqgrdn:
In Bill We Trust, man. How are the Knicks doing? Looks like their talent evaluation system could use an overhaul.
Heck, they oughtta just flush the whole team.

By: TryTheVeal

TryTheVeal — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:51:32 +0000

I will care about this when the NFL pays me to care about it.

By: roadkill98

roadkill98 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:35:33 +0000

p[o

By: madsqgrdn

madsqgrdn — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:09:19 +0000

Amazing. I guess I’m glad New England lost to Baltimore. It may have shattered 31 years of home playoff perfection, but at least my team can trade and spend on free agents.
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way to look at the glass half full, Belicheck is an awsome talent evaluator without pioli.

By: bigbolt

bigbolt — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:37:48 +0000

this is friggin ridiculous…

By: tazman1996

tazman1996 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:26:54 +0000

Actually it would seem as if this comes to pass, “un-capped” year, the owners will be able to spend as much as they wish to improve their teams. No cap limit etc. Without restriction, it would seem as if the players will have a great argument, the teams seem to have money to spend, and plenty of it.

By: Treima

Treima — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:14:28 +0000

Amazing. I guess I’m glad New England lost to Baltimore. It may have shattered 31 years of home playoff perfection, but at least my team can trade and spend on free agents.

By: shulby55

shulby55 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:55:48 +0000

does this rule include players are going to be cut in the next few weeks?

By: Hap

Hap — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:41:35 +0000

This is kinda dizzying. Okay, these are rules that attempt to restrict good teams from getting better. Sounds like another attempt at parity to me.

By: frox

frox — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:35:51 +0000

Keep digging through that CBA Mike. Who knows what you will find.

By: No_Man

No_Man — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:32:57 +0000

“Keep in mind that none of this affects the ability of the final eight teams to sign or trade for restricted free agents, since the Final Eight Plan applies only to unrestricted free agents, and unrestricted free agency applies only to players who have six or more years of service.”
That’s not how I read it. Signing? Yes. But trading? XXI.7 states that they cannot trade for a player that they couldn’t otherwise sign AS an Unrestricted Free Agent. It says nothing about whether or not the player in question actually IS an Unrestricted Free Agent. In other words, XXI.7 makes the Final Eight Plan teams treat every trade as a signing of an Unrestricted Free Agent and limited to the previous stated terms. That would apply to players under contract, URFA’s, RFA’s, and UFA’s.

By: Bill In DC

Bill In DC — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:32:29 +0000

I think you may be wr, wro, mista … er not entirely correct about RFAs not being subject to the final eight rules. I believe that they come under the salary restrictions just the same as UFA. I think the CBA language refers to ‘free agents’ not ‘unrestricted free agents’, so, the top 4 teams can’t sign an offer sheet to an RFA that involves a 1st year ‘salary’ (salary + prorated bonus — and the proration of bonus rules are VERY different this years from years past) in excess of $5.5mil. For the teams in 4-8 spot they can only offer 1 over 5.5 mil and none of them can arrange a ‘trade’ for fewer draft picks. I think this really restricts the top 8 from going after RFAs.
Of course most decent RFA will get the 1&3 tender so other teams will have to surrender massive draft picks as well as pay huge money, which I think they will be hesitant to do (Jets didn’t want to surrender a #2 pick for Miles Austin last year, think they regret that now?).

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:12:09 +0000

I like the final eight plan only cause the last eight teams had a team built for the playoffs and it prevents one of those teams from signing all the top free agents. Players want to be on a playoff team, but if they want more money its better if they go to a team that has potential to be in the playoffs in the 2010-2011 season and make more money than what they would signing with lets say for example the saints. Of course if one of the top eight teams unrestricted free agents was paid well and they lost them than any unrestricted free agent at the same position would get a good contract.

By: Vikes#28Owns

Vikes#28Owns — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:10:54 +0000

Wow, this is getting insanely confusing. Correct me if I am wrong though. This rule doesn’t apply if the free agent has been cut by his respective team, right? Or am I confusing this? Anyone know for sure?

By: Drithe

Drithe — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:08:31 +0000

Yo mike. What does all this mean for Julius Peppers getting on any of these 8 teams? Just tell it in lamemen terms because your wall of text just did 9999 damage to me.
End of Line.

By: KevinKolb4SB

KevinKolb4SB — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:05:48 +0000

They better get something done. I am beginning to like this uncapped year less and less, and I am hoping players, owners, and agents feel the same way.

By: madsqgrdn

madsqgrdn — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:57:34 +0000

haha this wasnt a competitive balance move..This whokle final eight nonsense was a poison pill for the players..you want no cap ..fine..we want to keep …”competitive balance”