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Originally Posted by SoCalRaider
Not that I'm aware of... I know the RAIDERS have been living off other teams free agents since the 70's... I think their may have been some limitations added to free agency when the salary cap was instituted (i.e. franchise tags, restricted free agents...), but free agency has been around as long as I can remember.
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It was a completely different form of Free Agency. Reggie White is widely acknowledged as the first modern era Free Agent. Prior to that, teams generally had right of first refusal.
I can't possibly do justice to what actually transpired, so I'll leave you with this:
http://www.nflpa.org/AboutUs/main.asp?subPage=History
Use the dropdown to read the NFLPA version of what transpired - especially in the early 90's. Be careful, though. It reads very well. I've been lost on that site for up to 2 hours before and still can't explain it well.