Re: Trade Samuel Before The Draft

"MZ" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"TXRhody" <stacks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Somehow Tebucky Jones made a deal with another team. How did that happen
if
he was, for all intents and purposes, not technically a free agent?

No, "technically" he was a free agent. But in actuality, part of being a
free agent means that you can sign with another team even if the team that
has you doesn't consent. Again, "technically" that's true for
non-exclusive
franchise players. Anyone could have given up two first rounders for
Tebucky Jones. But we all know that no one was going to. So the Pats had
to trade him to the Saints in order for him to sign that contract.

Remember, this conversation all sprang from the notion that Samuel asked
to
be traded even though he could technically leave the Pats without being
traded. But he asked for the trade because he realizes that he won't be
able to leave the Pats without it -- that's because no team is going to
give
up 2 firsts for him. It wasn't a stupid or pointless request.

But it is not up to the Pats to find a trading partner. Samuel and his agent
can use his free agent status to go find the trading partner. If they don't
want to be bothered, then he can sign the tender. What am I missing here?


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