Its so important, yet difficult to look at this in an unbiased manner.
If you want to believe Feaster was on to something, you can make a decent argument that he was.
If you want to believe that he took a gigantic risk, you can make a decent argument for that.
I think it is of importance to at least acknowledge that this is a MOU, not a fully drafted CBA. Further clarification is needed.
As stated before, "a" and "the" statements are incredibly important. I think people are putting too much weight on the "for further clarification" statement, they are typically meant to whittle down interpretation of a somewhat ambiguous clause. What I mean is that its important to understand what exactly what the clarification clause is meant to clarify. In my opinion it is there to clarify the use of the "a" statement.
The clarification statement, in my mind simply clarifies that the RA or Reserve status links the player and the club, but that link can be transferred from club to club. It isn't explicitly attached to the player. If it was then even further clarification is needed.
I don't have much experience with "a\the" clauses, but I do with "and\or" as well as "shall\should". Usually it is good practice to insert the other word in there and see how it changes the statement. If you insert "the" in this statement, it kind of makes the whole sentence read funny, "a" was needed in this case, and clarification of its use was essential.
Thats how I see it.
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