Cleveland Browns’ Restricted Free Agents: No CBA in 2010 Helps a Lot

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Published: December 31, 2009

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... 2010 regular season will not be a capped year.

One would think that not having a salary cap would mean that the richest of the rich NFL owners would pick up every big name free agent player that is on the market, kind of like how the New York Yankees operate every year in Major League Baseball.

This is a possibility, but unless a player has been in the league for six years, that player will not be an unrestricted free agent during an uncapped year.

Under an uncapped year, any NFL player who has not been in the league for six years will be a restricted free agent, unlike a capped year, where players are eligible after only being in the NFL for four years.

This means that all the players who have been in the NFL for four years now will not be able to cash in on a big payday in an uncapped year, which is unfortunate for those players who deserve a big payday.

The Cleveland Browns will be one of the few teams that will luck out in an uncapped year b...

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