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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.
In the National Basketball Association (NBA), a sign-and-trade deal is a type of transaction allowed by the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) where one franchise/team signs an unrestricted free agent or restricted free agent player to a new contract, only to then immediately trade him to another team of the player's choosing.
In professional sports, a free agent is a player or manager who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under a contract at present but who is allowed to solicit offers from other teams.
An unrestricted free agent is free to sign with any team. Many deals will be reached in the first hours of free agency, but teams can’t sign players until the free agent moratorium ends at 9:01 ...
The NBA’s moratorium period of the offseason concludes Thursday, allowing pens to reach paper across the league, and therefore marking the first opportunity for restricted free agents to sign an ...
The NBA's attention now turns to the offseason and free agency with a few notable names at the top of an otherwise lackluster class of impactful free agent players.
In the National Hockey League, an offer sheet is a contract offered to a restricted free agent by a team other than the one for which he played during the prior season. If the player signs the offer sheet, his current team has seven days to match the contract offer and keep the player or else he goes to the team that gave the offer sheet, with compensation going to his first team.
A look behind the scenes at restricted free agency from NBA agents and executives who spoke with HoopsHype's Michael Scotto.