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<blockquote data-quote="sschind" data-source="post: 601410" data-attributes="member: 10247"><p>Everything is a big deal in free agency I just think the negotiating period makes it easier to sign your own guys or at least gives you second chance you might not get otherwise. It's true that not having the negotiating period might panic a GM into offering more on the chance that a player will jump at the first big offer but having the cooling off period allows the player to rethink offers he may have gotten from his team. If he has rejected their highest offer he may likely just go with the highest bidder if he can sign right away but if he has a couple of days to think about it he may realize the offer wasn't so bad or the market for his services was not as strong as he though or the GM might realize that the market for the player is stronger than he had thought and bump up his own offer. Either way teams are likely to get second chances to sign their own guys that they wouldn't have gotten if they players could sign anywhere right off the bat. </p><p></p><p>I would say that if a player tests the market, and does not resign with his team by the signing date most likely he is gone. That means he has gotten offers, has gone back to his original team and they said they wouldn't match or couldn't or wouldn't come close enough to make the player want to stay. To that end I would say Monday is a more important date than Saturday or Sunday. If you have a top FA and he isn't resigned by Monday he is likely as good as gone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sschind, post: 601410, member: 10247"] Everything is a big deal in free agency I just think the negotiating period makes it easier to sign your own guys or at least gives you second chance you might not get otherwise. It's true that not having the negotiating period might panic a GM into offering more on the chance that a player will jump at the first big offer but having the cooling off period allows the player to rethink offers he may have gotten from his team. If he has rejected their highest offer he may likely just go with the highest bidder if he can sign right away but if he has a couple of days to think about it he may realize the offer wasn't so bad or the market for his services was not as strong as he though or the GM might realize that the market for the player is stronger than he had thought and bump up his own offer. Either way teams are likely to get second chances to sign their own guys that they wouldn't have gotten if they players could sign anywhere right off the bat. I would say that if a player tests the market, and does not resign with his team by the signing date most likely he is gone. That means he has gotten offers, has gone back to his original team and they said they wouldn't match or couldn't or wouldn't come close enough to make the player want to stay. To that end I would say Monday is a more important date than Saturday or Sunday. If you have a top FA and he isn't resigned by Monday he is likely as good as gone. [/QUOTE]
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