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A restricted free agent (RFA) is a type of free agent in some sports leagues, such as the National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), and National Basketball Association (NBA). Such players have special restrictions on the terms under which they can retain or change employment status with their athletic club teams.
Plan B free agency was a type of free agency that became active in the National Football League in February 1989 to 1992. Plan B free agency permitted all teams in the NFL to preserve limited rights of no more than 37 total players a season; if a player was a protected Plan B free agent, he was incapable of signing with another team without ...
The eight others will be restricted free agents (RFA) or exclusive rights free agents (ERFA), meaning the Chiefs will have the right of first refusal for their services. Below is a full list of ...
The National Football League uses the term offer sheet to refer to an offer made by another team to a restricted free agent. If the restricted free agent accepts an offer sheet from a new club, his old club has "right of first refusal", a five-day period in which it may match the offer and retain him, or choose not to match the offer, in which ...
Only four NFL teams have fewer free agents than the Eagles' 18 for 2025. They are the Buffalo Bills (14), Jacksonville Jaguars (15), Seattle Seahawks (16) and New England Patriots (17).
It’s that time of year when the NFL’s biggest and best free agents test the market to see just how much their talent is really worth.
Restricted free agents are allowed to negotiate with other clubs besides their former club, but the former club has the right to match any offer. If they choose not to, they are compensated with draft picks. Unrestricted free agents are free to sign with any club, and no compensation is owed if they sign with a different club. [151]
April 19: Restricted free agents must sign offer sheets. ... Also, April 24 is the deadline for prior teams to match offer sheets for any restricted free agents. April 25-27: 2024 NFL Draft.