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NFL's anti-tampering policy

There have been a lot of questions about the NFL's anti-tampering policy, and what it all means. Hopefully, this will answer a lot of questions.

  crabbb.jpgHere it is, folks, the official NFL anti-tampering policy, as it pertains to players:

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NFL Players. No club, nor any person employed by or otherwise affiliated with a club, is permitted to tamper with a player who is under contract to or whose exclusive negotiating rights are held by another club. The following provisions amplify and clarify this general policy concerning NFL players:

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For no particular reason, this evening I decided to peruse one of my favorite reference books. Let me tell you, it's a real page-turner.

It's called the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, 2006-2012.

Again, there was nothing that inspired this bit of reading, other than my quest for knowledge. But I did find myself focusing on a certain chapter entitled, "Article XVI, College Draft."

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In an article I wrote for Tuesday's paper, I suggested the 49ers could lose Mike Singletary to another organization if the club wanted to wait until after the season to name him head coach for 2009 - and beyond.
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