Re: There's no contradiction here...Accrued seasons is a part...

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I don't know if there is any fault here. But I do know that if he doesn't play this year his contract rolls over to the next year-meaning he loses one more year before he can be a free agent. I think the Rams hold the cards in this one.

Well no actually it doesn't work like that since he only needs one more accrued year to be an FA. So he just reports next year and that becomes his 4th accrued year, and he's an FA. He wasn't going to become a FA after this year anyway. So he's just in the same boat either way.

BUT it's not going to get to that.

He will be signed to an extension this year.

That's what the signs look like.

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I originally thought that he just needed one more year to become a FA too but now I believe his contract is tolled.

Here is what the CBA says under APPENDIX A, NFL PLAYER CONTRACT, Paragraph 16:

16. EXTENSION. Unless this contract specifically provides otherwise, if Player becomes a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or any other country, or retires from professional football as an active player, or otherwise fails or refuses to perform his services under this contract, then this contract will be tolled between the date of Player’s induction into the Armed Forces, or his retirement, or his failure or refusal to perform, and the later date of his return to professional football. During the period this contract is tolled, Player will not be entitled to any compensation or benefits. On Player’s return to professional football, the term of this contract will be extended for a period of time equal to the number of seasons (to the nearest multiple of one) remaining
at the time the contract was tolled. The right of renewal, if any, contained in this contract will remain in effect until the end of any such extended term.

The way I read this is, if he doesn't play at all this year, he owes the Rams 2 more seasons. Even if he plays next year and has 4 accrued seasons, he would still owe them another season.

I can't make that out.

I don't know if you're right or not.

All I know is what is said about accrued seasons in terms of this year when it comes to Donald:

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August 7, 2017. Tomorrow, an off day for the Rams, is the deadline for players under contract to report in order to earn an accrued season for free agency. So, Aaron Donald will technically lose an accrued season. But it isn’t a big deal for him. Players need four accrued seasons to be unrestricted free agents. Donald entered this year with three and already had his fifth-year option picked up. He would basically have to also hold out past that deadline next year, too, for it to really affect him.

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff Writer: [www.espn.com]


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Here are the requirements to be a Free Agent in the CBA:

“Unrestricted Free Agent” means a Veteran with four or more Accrued Seasons,
who has completed performance of his Player Contract, and who is no longer subject to
any exclusive negotiating rights, Right of First Refusal, or Draft Choice Compensation in
favor of his Prior Club.

Notice the bolded....

You have to have 4 accrued seasons AND have completed your obligations to the team.

Except when the issue is the contract itself, right?

And the team is not obligated to discount a season. The way I understand that, the team can elect to do that--it is not automatically obligated by the league to do it.

Therefore any player in his right mind makes sure the team waives that possibility before signing.

This goes back to the Rams saying they would respect AD's decision to hold out. I take that as meaning they will not make the hold out itself an issue. No threats, no reprimands, no holding it against him. They said that quite openly and have said or done nothing to rescind that, or alter it, or to back down from it.


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