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NFLPA Reportedly Will Require Agents to Consult with It During Contract Talks

February 24, 2016   ·     ·   Jump to comments

The NFL Players Association reportedly sent out a memo requiring contract advisers to contact the organization during most contract renegotiations.
Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio passed along Tuesday what the memo said verbatim, citing multiple sources who informed him of the new protocols:
[E]ffective immediately...Contract Advisors are REQUIRED to contact the NFLPA Salary Cap & Agent Administration Department at the 'beginning of substantive discussions' with an NFL Club over any veteran RENEGOTIATION in which either the initial Club offer or the expected final NFL Player Contract has an Average Per Year (APY) of $2,000,000 or more.
A source told Florio the policy applies only to renegotiations despite language in other areas of the memo that seems to suggest otherwise.   
Free agency begins on March 9, so this new stipulation, which was reportedly included in a Feb. 1 memo, is relatively new and may prove difficult for all parties involved to ...

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