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Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch
If a club is contacted by a player (or his representative) whois under contract to or whose negotiating rights are held by another club, and such player has not been given permission to negotiate with other clubs, or such player is not in a permissible negotiating period under the terms of an operative collective bargaining agreement, then the contacted club is prohibited from (i) negotiating with the player or his agent; (ii) discussing even in general terms the player’s possible employment with the contacted club; or (iii) discussing the player’s contract or his potential or ongoing contract negotiations with his current club.
In addition, the contacted club representative must inform the player or his representative that under NFL rules the club is not permitted to discuss such matters, and, if such matters are raised by or with the player or his representative, the club representative must immediately report such contact to the owner or operating head of the club that holds the player’s rights.
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So what happens is a player under contract contacts another team, the contacted team reports the contact to a the team with contracting rights to the player, and said team with contracting rights says “swap us your sixth round pick for our seventh round pick and you can have him” folllowed by both teams agreeing to such a trade?