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Originally Posted by BeltlineFan
There's no more courting period. Tampering aside, he won't know any other offers until the 13th at which point the 8th year is off the table.
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There is no "formal" courting period. Does not mean that informal discussions are not held between parties that may influence outcomes. Agents talk to teams all the time, and discussions about what possible packages it may take to land a player of certain skills are definitely happening. You would have to be pretty naive to think that players and agents are not aware of what is out there in the marketplace and how contracts will be structured once the signing window opens. Agents have their ways of finding out who has interest in their clients and what the market will bear. It's their job and most of them are really good at it.