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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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I don't think it's just about 'a' vs 'the'...
Here is the relevant quote:
All Players on a Club’s Reserve List and Restricted Free Agent List will be exempt from the application of CBA 13.23 Waivers in the case of a mid-season signing. For further clarity, if Club A trades such a Player to Club B and Club B signs the Player to an SPC, such Player will be exempt from the application of CBA 13.23
'All players on a club's reserve list' to me refers to a specific team, IMO (i.e. Colorado, in this case).
However, it says they are exempt. It DOESN'T say that they will NO LONGER be exempt for another team. It simply says they will be exempt in the case of a mid-season signing.
Not a mid-season signing by that team. In fact, it offers the trade as an example.
I read that as the player is exempt, and they remain exempt, even for another team.
Also, it does not limit the transfer to a trade, it merely uses trade as an example.
The more I read that, the more confident I become that Feaster may be right.