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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
When you're talking RFA deals it is certainly entirely within their own control to give or not give these "lockout proof" contracts out, yet they do so anyway. There is little to no way that a team would lose a RFA player over this bonus, it just may take a little longer to complete a deal.
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Clearly you have figured out a way to sign the players to team friendly deals with lockout protection! Just don't give them in and wait for them to sign anyways
Your question has been answered numerous times. It is a contract negotiation, and the lockout protection is something players want negotiated into their deals.
Any owner can choose whether or not to give them it. As long as the league doesn't do something stupid like lock the players out, it doesn't have any real effect. If they do, that's on them.