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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Well, your suggestion that a "player can't get cute" likely should have read then that "neither the player nor the team can get cute" because of the deadline approaching.
If, as you suggested, the player had more of a hammer in withholding services, the deadline does not change that hammer. It's just that after that deadline, it might not get done.
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The players always had December 1st as their cut line where they over stepped.
Teams have always had the opener.
The table above suggests the actual cut line has moved markedly towards the team's deadline in actual fact.