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Originally Posted by Ped
Except I don't see how those support Feaster at all.
A player is exempt from waivers if he's on a club's reserve or restricted free agent list and then signs with that club mid-season. It goes on to clarify if the player is traded, for example, and then signs he is exempt.
So unless you read "a club" to mean "any club," which I don't see how you can, the rules are pretty clear.
And I'm pretty sure it says "a club" and not "the club" because this is a CBA dealing with all clubs.
So O' Reilly was on Colorado's restricted free agent list and therefore doesn't require waivers. If his rights were traded to Calgary (or any other team) he would transfer to that teams restricted free agent list and not require waivers once he subsequently.
But he signed a deal with a team who's list he was not on, so therefore he requires waivers.
I really don't see how you can interpret that any other way.
And how many times is the reporter supposed to call the league to confirm? He did once but magically in this case he's supposed to do it again?
Feaster messed up. So did a lot of people apparently.
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Funny thing about legal documents, the words matter. A versus the is not an insignificant difference. Neither are the other changes to the CBA that are at play here. Thi is not a simple issue, people acting like it is need to give their heads a shake.