2011 NFL Free Agency: 5 Teams Hurt the Most with No Right of First Refusal

July 16, 2011   ·   Erik Frenz   ·   Jump to comments

The details of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the players and owners are finally coming to the surface. One of the major questions was whether we would have a right of first refusal system for the upcoming free agent market.
That system would allow teams with multiple free agents to talk with their players before those players had a chance to walk to another team.
It was in the discussion, and according to NFL Network's Albert Breer, there was originally a system in place that would allow teams to have a right of first refusal on three of their players. That number was soon reduced to two, and as of the end of today's negotiations, the right of first refusal had been...well, refused.
This is especially painful for teams with multiple free agents, because now those teams could stand to lose many key components to their team. Which teams stand to lose the most from these decisions?
Erik Frenz is the co-host of the PatsPropaganda and Frenz podcast...

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