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Originally Posted by opendoor
Exactly how I read it. If the first paragraph applied to any RFA on any team's reserve list the clarification would've been completely unnecessary. It'd be like having a rule where all players are eligible for something when signing a contract (let's say signing bonuses for arguments sake) and then following that up with an example where a player gets traded and how he is eligible for a signing bonus.
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A number of people had noted this, but the reason that the clarification is needed is because the exemption isn't just for RFAs, it's also for players "on the Reserve List," which includes players whose rights are owned by a team, but who aren't on an SPC. That's why the clarification was needed--in essence, without it you couldn't trade the rights to an unsigned player, because that player would have to clear waivers for the signing team.
By analogy, the clarification does elucidate something that's clear from the structure of the first sentence: the exemption attaches to the player, and follows the player regardless of the team that signs him.