Restricted Free Agents. (i) Any player with three Accrued Seasons but fewer than four Accrued Seasons as of the end of the 2010 League Year who received a Restricted Free Agent Qualifying Offer prior to the end of the 2010 League Year shall be a Restricted Free Agent (“RFA”). The provisions of Article 9, as modified in this Article, shall apply to such players. All Qualifying Offers extended to such RFAs prior to the end of the 2010 League Year shall be deemed valid and effective under this Agreement, and shall be at the Qualifying Offer amount and the Draft Choice Compensation level afforded such Qualifying Offer by the provisions of Article XIX of the Prior Agreement, provided that any RFA who received a Qualifying Offer entitling the Prior Club to one first and one third round Draft Selection shall be deemed to have received a Qualifying Offer entitling the Prior Club to one first round Draft Selection at the amount applicable to such first round Qualifying Offer under Article XIX of the Prior Agreement. Any Restricted Free Agent Qualifying Offer tendered to a player who had more than three Accrued Seasons as of the end of the 2010 League Year shall be void. (ii) The signing period for RFAs shall be from 6:00pm, New York time, on July 29, 2011 to August 20, 2011. (iii) If an RFA receives an Offer Sheet, the Prior Club shall have four days in which to exercise any applicable Right of First Refusal. (iv) In order to maintain exclusive negotiating rights to an RFA who has not signed a Player Contract within the RFA signing period set forth in Subsection (ii) above, the Prior Club is not required to send such RFA a “June 1 Tender,” unless the RFA received a Qualifying Offer for a Right of First Refusal Only, in which case any “June 1 Tender” to such an RFA must be sent by August 25, 2011. (v) The deadline for the “June 15 Tender” to RFAs shall be September 5, 2011. (vi) There shall be no payments of any kind made to any RFA until after ratification of this Agreement, as described in Paragraphs 1 and 6 of the Settlement Agreement.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
