NFLPA says teams can take their Franchise Tags and stick it

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Originally Posted by Bewbies

Franchise tags are for people like Peyton Manning, not an idiot kicker. Most of the players that are given the franchise tag today are not franchise players. If a team wants to keep a guy they should resign him before his contract is up.

If it were up to me I think I'd keep the franchise tag but make it so that you could only use it again if the guy you used it on is no longer on your team. So if we tagged Hali for instance, until he's no longer a Chief we would be unable to franchise tag anyone else.

With a system like that 2nd or 3rd tier players, or say backup QB's who weren't good enough to play in college, would no longer be the kind of player you would want to tag.

That's not really an answer to why your position makes more sense than the current system. It's really more of a restatement of that position. Would you feel better about the current system if they changed the name from "franchise tag" to "retention tag"?

The way the current system works reduces the team to team mobility of a larger group of the leagues better players than your system would while still giving most players a shot at free agency that they didn't have under the pre-free agency system. As a fan, I like having more continuity on the roster.