Anybody Know

[jrjbritt]

I think i seen it somehwhere, but what is the time line all the way up to preseason.. is it march 1st, being able to sign FA's? when can we start having them come in for visits? when does the teams need to be under the salary cap? anybody know.. thanks...
go cards

 

[lrk27]

It's a little wordy, but this is the official schedule. Not sure the exact dates for visits and cap.


February 24 - Deadline for clubs to designate franchise and transition players.

March 2 - Deadline for submission of qualifying offers by clubs to their restricted free agents whose contracts have expired and to whom they desire to retain a right of first refusal/compensation.

March 2 - Deadline for clubs to submit offer of minimum salary to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with fewer than three seasons of free agency credit whose contracts have expired.

March 3 - Veteran free agency signing period begins.

March 3 - Trading period begins.

April 16 - Signing period ends for restricted free agents.

April 23 - Deadline for old club to exercise right of first refusal to restricted free agents.

April 24-25 - NFL Draft

June 1 - Deadline for old clubs to send tender to unsigned unrestricted free agents to receive exclusive negotiating rights for rest of season if player is not signed by another club by July 22.

June 1 - Deadline for old clubs to send tender to unsigned restricted free agents or to extend qualifying offer to retain exclusive negotiating rights.

June 15 - Deadline for old clubs to withdraw original qualifying offer to unsigned restricted free agents and still retain exclusive negotiating rights by substituting tender of 110 percent of previous year’s salary.

Mid-July - Training camps open.

July 22 - Signing period ends at 4:00 PM ET for unrestricted free agents who received June 1 tender.

August 12-16 - First preseason weekend.

August 31 - Roster cutdown to maximum of 65 players.

September 5 - Roster cutdown to maximum of 53 players.

September 9-13 - Kickoff 2004 Weekend.

 

[maddogkf]

Thanks for the good info Luke!

 

[jrjbritt]

thanks..

when can they start bring in FA for visits? do they have to wait until the Fa signing period or start before that for visits?

 

[ajcardfan]

Re: thanks..

Originally posted by jrjbritt
when can they start bring in FA for visits? do they have to wait until the Fa signing period or start before that for visits?

They can't even talk, much less visit, until 12:01am on March 3rd. Teams break this rule all the time though.