Core Players. (a) Each Team shall be permitted to designate no more than one (1) of its Veteran Free Agents as Core Players. Such a designation can apply to any Veteran Free Agent who would otherwise be an Unrestricted Free Agent or a Restricted Free Agent. Any Veteran Free Agent who has previously been designated as a Core Player by a Team and remains under contract to play for such Team during the upcoming Season pursuant to a Player Contract signed while such player was so designated (but not including Seasons covered by any Extension to such Contract) shall be included in the maximum number of players who may be designated as a Core Player by such Team.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no player may be designated as a Core Player if such player has played pursuant to a Contract signed while such player was designated as a Core Player (a “Core Player Contract”) for four (4) or more Seasons; provided, however, that a player may be designated as a Core Player prior to the 2014 Season if such player has played pursuant to a Core Player Contract for five (5) Seasons. Players who have played pursuant to Core Player Contracts prior to the 2014 Season, along with the Seasons included in those Core Player Contracts, are listed on Exhibit 4. Nothing in this Section 7 is intended to limit the maximum allowable term of a Contract between a Team and a player designated as a Core Player by such Team as provided for in Article V, Section 12.
(c) In order to designate a player as a Core Player, the Team must, from the January 1 following the last Season covered by the player’s Player Contract through the immediately following January 14, provide to the player a Core Player Designation Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit 8 annexed hereto. Such Core Player Designation Notice, which shall be personally delivered to the player or her representative, or shall be sent by prepaid certified, registered, or overnight mail to the last known address of the player, shall be signed by the Team and shall be accompanied by a Core Qualifying Offer. Any Team that designates a Core Player shall be the only Team with which such Core Player can negotiate or sign a Player Contract. Such Core Player Designation shall continue to apply until it terminates pursuant to Section 7(d) below.
(d) If the Core Player and Team have entered into a Contract, the Core Player Designation will terminate and become available to the Team again upon the earliest of: (i) the expiration of the o...
Core Players. (a) During the period beginning on February 6, 2008 and continuing through February 11, 2008, each Team shall be permitted to designate no more than two (2) of its Veteran Free Agents as Core Players. During the period beginning on December 1 and continuing through December 14 prior to each of the 20092013 Seasons, each Team shall be permitted to designate no more than one (1) of its Veteran Free Agents as Core Players. Such a designation can apply to any Veteran Free Agent who would otherwise be an Unrestricted Free Agent or a Restricted Free Agent. Any Veteran Free Agent who has previously been designated as a Core Player by a Team and remains under contract to play for such Team during the upcoming Season pursuant to a Player Contract signed while such player was so designated (but not including Seasons covered by any Extension to such Contract) shall be included in the maximum number of players who may be designated as a Core Player by such Team.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no player may be designated as a Core Player if such player has played pursuant to a Contract signed while such player was designated as a Core Player (a “Core Player Contract”) for five (5) or more Seasons; provided, however, that (i) any player who has played pursuant to a Core Player Contract for five
