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What Pastabelly fails to mention here are three key points....
1) If there is no cap in 2007, teams will be allowed to use both the transition tag AND the franchise tag that year.
2) Currently, three year vets at the end of their contracts (like Fujita and Boe) are restricted free agents, while four year vets at the end of their contracts (like Blaylock and Beisel) are UFA's. If there is no cap in 2007, restricted free agency is extended to include 4 and 5 year vets, so there would be no unrestricted free agency for players who have less than 6 years in the league.
3) Finally, teams who make the playoffs in 2006 will be allowed to sign only a limited number of UFA's going into the 2007 season. In fact, I think the 2006 Super Bowl champ would only be allowed to sign one UFA for each one that they lose.
So there is some incentive for the players to get this thing done. I don't think any of them want to wait an extra couple years for UFA status.
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