Keep up with all the latest trades and fan reaction on the Trades board:
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/forums/drafts-trading-free-agency.61/
All the key dates and confirmed player movements:
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/trade-period-summary-thread.1114121/
Unsigned free agents as of today:
Player / Team / Status
Patrick Dangerfield / ADEL / Restricted
Jed Adcock / BL / Unrestricted
Matthew Leuenberger / BL / Restricted
Dennis Armfield / CARL / Unrestricted
Courtenay Dempsey / ESS / Unrestricted
Tayte Pears / ESS / Unrestricted
Brent Stanton / ESS / Unrestricted
Ryan Crowley / FRE / Unrestricted
Paul Duffield / FRE / Unrestricted
Matthew Pavlich / FRE / Unrestricted
Steve Johnson / GEEL / Unrestricted
James Kelly / GEEL / Unrestricted
Dawson Simpson / GEEL / Unrestricted
Mathew Stokes / GEEL / Unrestricted
Brendan Whitecross / HAW / Unrestricted
Mark Jamar / MELB / Unrestricted
Michael Firrito / NM / Unrestricted
Patrick McGinnity / WCE / Unrestricted
Scott Selwood / WCE / Restricted
Jarrad Grant / WB / Unrestricted
RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
Players who are in the top 25 per cent of salaries at their club (that is, in the club’s top nine-10 paid players) are eligible for restricted free agency the first time they are out of contract, if they have served at least eight years with the club.
For example, a player who is contracted after his seventh year for one, two, three, four or five years will be eligible for restricted free agency when next out of contract having completed either eight, nine, 10, 11 or 12 seasons respectively.
A top 25 per cent player is eligible for unrestricted free agency when next out of contract, provided a player can never be an unrestricted free agent until completing at least 10 years’ service at one club.
For example, a player who signs a one-year contract after his eighth season is not eligible for unrestricted free agency until he has completed at least 10 years’ service.
Restricted free agents have the right to move to a club of their choice, subject to the current club’s right of first refusal over their services. That is, if the current club can ‘match’ the offer from a suitor club, the player must stay or enter the draft. The tabled offer includes only football payments and Additional Service Agreements (ASA) amounts.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
Primary List
Players delisted by a club are unrestricted free agents but a player who retires or delists himself is not eligible to be a free agent.
Players who are not in the top 25 per cent of salaries at their club (that is, in the club’s top nine-10 paid players) are eligible for unrestricted free agency if they have served at least eight years with the club.
Rookie List
A rookie list player who retires is not eligible to be a free agent.
A first-year rookie not receiving a second-year rookie contract offer is considered a delisted player and therefore is an unrestricted free agent.
A first-year rookie not accepting a second-year rookie contract offer is not considered a delisted player and must nominate and go through the draft.
A second-year rookie not accepting a third-year rookie contract offer is considered a delisted player and therefore is an unrestricted free agent.
