Updated Title: Lockout Over-NFLPA Unanimously Votes to Approve Deal

So when exactly can we sign players? UFA's

Best offseason ever! I mostly ignore football and now presto it's August and the preseason is about to begin.

So when exactly can we sign players? UFA's

TENTATIVE NFL TIMELINE



Monday: Teams can go to 90-man rosters; official free-agent list distributed to teams.
Tuesday: Trading begins. Teams can sign rookies and undrafted free agents at 10 a.m. ET. Teams can negotiate with all free agents and signed players can enter team facilities.
Wednesday: Players can begin reporting to training camps 15 days before their first preseason games.
Thursday: Teams can begin to cut players at 4 p.m. ET.
Friday: Teams can begin to file free-agent signings to the league office at 6 p.m. ET.
Aug. 4: Deadline for recertification and ratification of CBA by the players.

Damn I'm so hyped now! This is gonna be an awesome couple of weeks, it's gonna be like 4 months of player transactions rolled into a couple of weeks.

So when exactly can we sign players? UFA's

Tuesday: Rookies and Undrafted Free Agents Can Be Signed. Free Agents and Trades can be negotiated

Thursday: Players Can Be Cut

Friday: FA and Trades can be made official

So unofficially tomorrow, officially Friday

Tuesday: Rookies and Undrafted Free Agents Can Be Signed. Free Agents and Trades can be negotiated

Thursday: Players Can Be Cut

Friday: FA and Trades can be made official

So unofficially tomorrow, officially Friday


Thanks SS

I thought the rookie pay scale took care of this?

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All the rookie pay scale is is a cap set on how much you can pay your rookies. It doesn't create set salaries so you still have to negotiate with them. It's not like the NBA's system. But we def. won't see guys like Cam Newton get 5 year, 78 mil contracts with 50 mil guaranteed anymore.

http://ht.cdn.turner.com/si/images/2011/07/25/New_2011_Deal_Summary_7.pdf

The NFLPA's summary of the deal.

And the winner of most awkward situation goes to? The Washington Redskins with "will Fat Al and McNabb report to camp?"

Rich_Campbell Rich Campbell
Not only does Haynesworth plan to report to camp, his non-injury grievance against the Redskins remains unresolved: Haynesworth plans to report to training camp with grievence still pending - Washington Times (http://bit.ly/rrZ5Iv)
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Oh it's good to talk about actual football again.

And now we get to talk Haynesworth and McNabb again? Sigh. The sooner Haynesworth is out of here, the better. As for McNabb, I have much less animosity towards him because he's been a class act, and I'd keep him around for a month if it meant getting a better deal. But I have no doubts we'll be hearing plenty of stories revolving around Haynesworth being at camp, or if Shanny decides to send him home so he can't risk further injury, or something else of that nature.