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sportscurmudgeon · 02-16-2005, 06:43 PM

smootsmack:

I was indeed a pimply faced teenager in the 50s and 60s and one part of the "Rozelle Rule" you left out was that the price of signing another teams's player was outrageous. I don't remember which player changed teams, but the compensation was a first round and a second round pick in the year of the signing and a first round pick the next year. And that was when there were a LOT fewer teams so the second round pick was worth a lot more. In the deep recesses of my memory, I think it was a linebacker, but I can't pull up the name...

Basically, before the current "free agency era", players moved among teams because they were traded or they wer ewaived and could sign with someone else.

02-16-2005, 06:43 PM	#5
sportscurmudgeon Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,159	Re: Prior to Free Agency smootsmack: I was indeed a pimply faced teenager in the 50s and 60s and one part of the "Rozelle Rule" you left out was that the price of signing another teams's player was outrageous. I don't remember which player changed teams, but the compensation was a first round and a second round pick in the year of the signing and a first round pick the next year. And that was when there were a LOT fewer teams so the second round pick was worth a lot more. In the deep recesses of my memory, I think it was a linebacker, but I can't pull up the name... Basically, before the current "free agency era", players moved among teams because they were traded or they wer ewaived and could sign with someone else. __________________ The Sports Curmudgeon www.sportscurmudgeon.com But don't get me wrong, I love sports...