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Players whose contracts are expiring with the appropriate years of service typically look forward to finding out their true market value in free agency. There aren't any rules in place to stop such players from testing the open market in MLB and the NBA, but that isn't the case in the NFL. Here are answers to the most frequently asked questions about the mechanisms that can prevent football players from becoming free agents.What can be done to keep players from becoming free agents?Teams can keep impending restricted free agents (players with three accrued seasons or years of service) or unrestricted  Cleveland Cavaliers Hoodie free agents (players with four or more accrued seasons) from hitting the open market with use of franchise or transition designations.How many franchise or transition tags can each team use?Ordinarily, each team can designate one of its impending free agents as a franchise or transition player. The franchise designation can be exclusive or non-exclusive. That's how the proce s worked in the first nine years of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement.   The rules relating to franchise and transition tags are different for 2020, which is the 10th and final year of the CBA. 2020 allows for the use of both a franchise and a transition tag so teams can prevent two players from hitting the open market. The only way teams won't be able to use both designations is if the owners and players quickly reach an agreement on a new CBA. The players are expected to vote on whether to ratify the owners' latest proposal this week. If the proposal is accepted, it would be busine s as usual where teams could use either the franchise or transition designation on just one player.What is the timeframe for naming franchise and transition players?There is a 15-day window beginning on the 22nd day before the start of the upcoming league year to use the designations. This year that start date was scheduled for Feb. 25. The  Tristan Thompson Jersey NFL and NFLPA agreed to push back the start of the designation period two days until Feb. 27 because of a meeting scheduled between NFLPA leadership and NFL Management Council Executive Committee on Tuesday in Indianapolis where the NFL combine is taking place. The designation period now ends at 4 p.m. ET on March 12 instead of March 10.  How are non-exclusive and exclusive franchise tags calculated?Prior to the 2011 CBA, non-exclusive franchise tags had been an average of the five largest salaries in the prior year at a player's position or 120 percent of the prior year's salary of the player, whichever was greater. For franchise tag purposes, salary means a player's salary cap number, excluding workout bonuses and most other performance bonuses.The 120 percent and five largest salaries provisions remain intact but the formula component is now calculated over a five-year period that's tied to a percentage of the overall salary cap. More specifically, the number for each position is determined by taking the sum of the non-exclusive franchise tags as determined by the original methodology described above for the previous five seasons and dividing by the sum of the actual NFL salary cap amount for the previous five seasons. The resulting percentage, which is known as the cap percentage average in the CBA, is then multiplied by the actual salary cap for the upcoming league year. Under the exclusive franchise tag, a player will receive a one-year offer from his team that is the greater of the average of the top five salaries at his position once the restricted free agent signing period of the current league year has ended (April 17 for 2020) or 120 percent of his prior year's salary. The non-exclusive number is initially used as placeholder and adjusted upwards if the exclusive calculation dictates once restricted free agency ends.  Are there any other differences between the two franchise tags?The non-exclusive tag allows a player to negotiate with other when the free agent signing period begins on March 18, but if he signs an offer sheet with another club, his team has five days to match the offer. If the offer is not matched, his team will receive two first-round picks as compensation from the signing team. A player under an exclusive franchise tag cannot negotiate with other teams.How is a transition tag determined?The transition tag Kevin Porter Jr. Jersey  has been used with le s frequency than the franchise tag. It is based on the average of the top 10 salaries at a player's position using the same methodology as non-exclusive franchise tag calculations. The 120 percent provision also applies. Teams have the same right of first refusal as with franchise tags but do not receive any draft choice compensation for declining to match an offer sheet. As with the non-exclusive franchise tag, transition players can start negotiating with other teams at the beginning of the free agent signing period.How much will it cost to use a non-exclusive franchise tag?The exact cost for each position can't be determined until the 2020 salary cap is set, as the figures are a percentage of the salary cap. The NFL's preliminary projections have the 2020 salary cap between $196.8 million and $201.2 million.  The chart below contains the range for franchise tags at each position based on the projections and the a sociated salary cap percentages. A new CBA could make the projections obsolete.PositionSalary Cap %Low ProjectionHigh ProjectionCornerback8.24%$16,223,000 $16,585,000 Defensive End8.97%$17,662,000 $18,057,000 Defensive Tackle8.14%$16,011,000 $16,369,000 Linebacker7.99%$15,717,000 $16,069,000 Offensive Line7.46%$14,676,000 $15,004,000 Punter/Kicker2.58%$5,069,000 $5,182,000 Quarterback13.53%$26,634,000 $27,230,000 Running Back5.19%$10,206,000 $ Dean Wade Jersey 10,434,000 Safety5.77%$11,360,000 $11, Larry Nance Jr. Jersey 614,000 Tight End5.35%$10,532,000 $10,767,000 Wide Receiver9.01%$17,739,000 $18,135,000 How much will it cost to use a transition tag?The same thing was done for the transition tags as with the franchise tags above. The following chart contains the range for the transition numbers.PositionSalary Cap %Low ProjectionHigh ProjectionCornerback7.16%$14,097,000 $14,412,000 Defensive End7.66%$15,077,000 $15,414,000 Defensive Tackle6.63%$13,045,000 $13,337,000 Linebacker6.93%$13,640,000 $13,945,000 Offensive Line6.81%$13,409,000 $13,709,000 Punter/Kicker2.30%$4,527,000 $4,628,000 Quarterback12.53%$24,661,000 $25,213,000 Running Back4.28%$8,423,000 $8,612,000 Safety4.97%$9,790,000 $10,009,000 Tight End4.60%$9,052,000 $9,255,000 Wide Receiver7.91%$15,569,000 $15,918,000 Who are the top candidates for designation?Whether teams can use two designations or just one will have a big impact on the number of players that are prevented from reaching free agency. 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