by BCEagle74 on Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:19 pm
Where the 49ers and Crabtree are today
1. Since Crabtree did not sign by Aug. 14, 2009, the 49ers may not trade him or his rights this season. Even if the 49ers do sign him, they cannot trade him until next season. (Next season officially begins on March 1, 2010.)
Future deadlines
1. If Crabtree is still unsigned by Nov. 17, 2009, then he is no longer eligible to play at all during the 2009 season. The 49ers can still sign him, but any deal would not go into affect until March 1, 2010.
2. From March 1, 2010, until the 2010 NFL draft -- which begins on April 22, 2010 -- the 49ers would have four options. They could sign and keep Crabtree, sign and then trade him, trade the rights to him (and then it is up to the new team to sign him) or do nothing and let him enter the 2010 draft.
3. If Crabtree remains unsigned by the first day of the 2010 draft, then any team except the 49ers can draft him. (Teams are not allowed to draft the same player two years in a row.)
More items to consider
1. According to the CBA, if Crabtree “signs a contract with, plays for or is employed by a professional football team not in the NFL during all or any part of the 12-month period following the initial draft,” then the 49ers would retain exclusive negotiating rights until the first day of the 2012 NFL draft.
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