1. NFL Player Contract: A written agreement or series of such
agreements execut- ed at or about the same time between a person
and an NFL Club pursuant to which such person is employed by such
Club as a professional football player.
2. Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA): The union contract between
the NFL Players Association and the NFL Management Council covering
the terms and conditions of employment of all NFL players.
3. Draft or College Draft: The NFL's annual draft of Rookie football
players de- scribed in CBA Article 6 (College Draft).
4. Drafted Rookie: A person who is selected in the current League Year's
Draft or whose Draft rights are held, or continue to be held, consistent
with this Agreement, by an NFL Club that selected the Rookie in a prior
Draft.
,5. Required Tender: A Player Contract tender that a Club is required to
make to a player pursuant to the CBA, either as a matter of right with
respect to the player, or to receive Rights of First Refusal, Draft Choice
Compensation and/or other rights with respect to the player, as
specified in the CBA.
6. Right of First Refusal: The right of an NFL Club, as described in CBA
Articles 9 (Veteran Free Agency) and 10 (Franchise and Transition
Players) to retain the services of certain Veteran players by matching
offers made to those players.
7. Draft Choice Compensation: The right of any Club, as described in CBA
Articles 9 (Veteran Free Agency) and Article 10 (Franchise and Transition
Players) to receive draft pick(s) from any other Club.
8. Exclusive Rights Player: A player whose contract expires at a time
when he has less than three Accrued Seasons in the NFL cannot market
his services to other clubs if his old club gives him a minimum salary
,tender, as described in CBA Article 8, on or before the last day of that
League Year. If the tender is provided, this player can only re-sign with
his old club (unless the tender is later withdrawn).
9. restricted free agent: A player whose contract expires when he has
earned three
(3)Accrued Seasons. If his old club provides him with a sufficient
"Qualifying Offer", as described in CBA Article 9, on or before the last
day of that League Year, it retains the right to either match an offer the
player may get from another club or to receive draft choice
compensation from the club making the offer. The Qualifying Offer is
based on the level of draft choices the old club wants to receive. For
example, the Qualifying Offer to a player with three (3) Accrued
Seasons in 2021 for the Club
to receive a second-round draft choice and the Right of First Refusal in
2021 is
, $3,384,000. For the 2021 League Year, the Restricted Free Agent has
until April 23, 2021 to generate an offer from another club. If he fails to
get an offer, his exclusive rights revert to the old club unless the
Qualifying Offer is withdrawn.
10.Unrestricted Free Agent: As described in CBA Article 9, a player
whose con- tract expires when he has earned at least four (4) Accrued
Seasons is free to sign
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