['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by orange

You couldn't be MORE WRONG.

Cassel will be an UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT next year. Period.

"1. Unrestricted: In a capped year, a player with four or more accrued seasons has unrestricted free agency rights. Five or more accrued seasons are required for unrestricted free agency in an uncapped year (1993 or the last year of the CBA). An unrestricted free agent may sign with any team. If the unrestricted free agent is not signed by June 1, his old club may offer him a contract with a 10% raise over his prior year's salary, and thereby obtain the exclusive right to re-sign him after July 15 if he has not signed elsewhere by then."

Let me repeat that since you ignored it when I posted about this weeks ago:

Five or more accrued seasons are required for unrestricted free agency in an uncapped year (1993 or the last year of the CBA).

Who's my source? Only the NFLPA. Argue with them.

http://www.nflplayers.com/user/templ...d=0&type=l#a14 . That's the NFLPA Members FAQ.


... or maybe you're right. Your confusion is actually understandable. The NFLPA seems to argue with themselves on this:

“Players must earn a certain number of Accrued Seasons prior to becoming a UFA,” said NFLPA Director of Salary Cap & Agent Administration Mark Levin.

A player whose contract expires at the beginning of a capped year (2008 and 2009), for instance, needs to have four Accrued Seasons to be a UFA, while a player whose contract expires at the beginning of the uncapped year (2010) must have six accrued seasons to gain free agency. Players earn an Accrued Season for any season in which they are on full pay status for at least six regular season games.

A player who has earned three Accrued Seasons and whose contract expires in a capped year is a Restricted Free Agent (RFA) provided that his club has given him a proper RFA tender. “In 2010, a player will be a RFA if he has earned three, four or five Accrued Seasons,” Levin explained.

http://www.nflplayers.com/user/conte...d=443&pid=1340

This Levin was wrong, though. He's spread misinformation that's probably been repeated by reporters et al. See my post below for a link to the actual CBA if you want to see for yourself.

And Cassel will have five years after 2009, and according to Mike Lombardi, former General Manger, here, and here, you're completely incorrect.