Quote Originally Posted by AngeloV View Post
They can add any player that's not on another CFL team's neg list. TBH, the neg list was created to stop richer teams from having the ability to sign all the top available players, and that was a long time ago when there was no salary cap. Now that there is a cap, there really is no reason for a neg list. All players that are not part of the annual Canadian draft should be instant free agents.
Hm. The process disempowers a player like Manziel, as he can't shop himself around, but I suppose it eliminates bidding wars that might occur (even within the cap). It just seems really arbitrary to me that sending a fax off to the league before someone else does is enough to give you the rights to a potential franchise player.