WASHINGTON (AP)—Miles Austin(notes) of the Cowboys, Brandon Marshall(notes) of the Broncos and six other Pro Bowl picks are among more than 200 NFL players who would lose their status as unrestricted free agents this offseason if the league and its union can’t agree on a new labor contract.

According to a list obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday, there are 212 players who would be considered restricted free agents—instead of unrestricted—if there is no salary cap in 2010. There is at least one player from each of the NFL’s 32 teams on the list.

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Do you have that list?

this shows all FA's by team, and also shows if they are UFA/RFA

http://www.kffl.com/static/nfl/features/freeagents/fa.php?option=By+Team&y=2010

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So basically everybody becomes a RFA?

Guys who have four years in the league would have been UFA. If there is no cap aka no CBA, then players will need six years to be unrestricted.

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So what happens if you hold out and are a RFA? Is there still a franchise tag?

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Good questions, but I can't answer them Got me curious now...

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This is going to allow a smart team like NE and to reload for another huge run, a small market team like GB to retain alot of its homegrown talent and its going to allow stupid teams like dallas, oakland and washington to fuck themselves beyond their wildest imaginations. If GM's are not careful they are going to have a roster full of soriano's to deal with for years to come.

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Cap stuff isn't my strong suit, but yes, I believe so.

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I'd imagine if an RFA holds out, he gets no pay, and he doesn't accrue any service time towards the 6 years.

So in other words.... the world needs ditch diggers too.

The franchise tag would be a non-factor moving forward if they don't ratify a new CBA before the deadline.

It would be a non-factor moving forward, but not for 2010. After 2011 all bets are off, cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria, etc. until the new CBA is agreed to.

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Link: http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d ... nfirm=true

Currently, a team can put either a franchise tag (average of the top five salaries at his position) or a transition tag (average of the top ten salaries at his position) on any one player on the club to protect the team from losing the unrestricted free agent. If the NFL gets to an uncapped year in 2010 and 2011, teams will have use of one franchise tag and two transition tags. So not only would none of the young players with less than six years of service be free, but now the top three players who are eligible for free agency on a roster can be protected.

If this situation existed in 2008, a team like Pittsburgh -- which used a transition tag to retain OT Max Starks -- could have also tagged Alan Faneca with either a transition or franchise tag if it so desired. If every team in the league used one or two tags, not even the three they would possess, it could take another 40 quality free agents off the market.

There is speculation teams would not overuse this trigger because so many of their quality younger players would not be free to depart.

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