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In professional sports, a free agent is a player or manager who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is allowed to solicit offers from other teams.
Decisions on player options are due by 5 p.m. ET Wednesday, with free agency opening at 6 p.m. ET Thursday. Here's a primer on everything you need to know leading up to free agency.
A restricted free agent (RFA) is a type of free agent in the National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), or National Basketball Association (NBA). Such players have special restrictions on the terms under which they can retain or change employment status with their athletic club teams.
In business, free agents are people who work independently for themselves, rather than for a single employer. The term free agent is believed to have been coined by Daniel H. Pink , author of a 1997 cover story in Fast Company titled “Free Agent Nation.”
NFL free agency is the next big date on the offseason calendar. Here are Yahoo Sports NFL writer Frank Schwab's top five free agents at each position, along with everything else you need to know.
Free agency officially starts March 13, and many players on the list could be extended before then, but here are the top 25 potential free agents of this new league year.
Free agency in Major League Baseball (MLB) concerns players whose contracts with a team have expired and who are therefore eligible to sign with another team. Free agents may be eligible for pendulum arbitration, also called "salary arbitration" or just "arbitration" in baseball circles.
November 2, 2023 at 3:00 AM. With the World Series over, Shohei Ohtani officially becomes a free agent and is expected to draw interest from several teams. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)...
List of 2021–22 NBA season free agents. The NBA's free agency period began on August 2 at 6 P.M. EST. [1] Players would be allowed to sign new offers starting on August 6 at 12 p.m. ET, after the moratorium ended.
Nick Suss, Nashville Tennessean. March 8, 2024 at 3:04 AM. The Tennessee Titans have to re-sign somebody . . . right? The NFL's free agency window opens next week, and the Titans are positioned to ...