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unusual facts about Free Agents


Adama Diakité

He was than a half year free agent, before signed for German 2. Fußball-Bundesliga club SV Sandhausen, until the end of the season 2013/2014 (30 May 2014).



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1940 Detroit Tigers season

January 14: Baseball commissioner Judge Landis ruled that 91 players on the Tigers roster or in the Detroit farm system were free agents, due to misconduct by the team in restricting its minor league players.

1962 Dallas Cowboys season

Notable rookie free agents the Cowboys signed prior to the season included Pettis Norman, from Johnson C. Smith University, Mike Gaechter, a track and field athlete as well as a football player, from the University of Oregon, and Cornell Green, a basketball player from Utah State University.

Dominic Rhodes

During the offseason, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced he was suspending nine different free agents, one of which was Rhodes.

Gary Guyton

The previous day rumors circulated that Guyton had agreed to terms with the San Francisco 49ers, however confusion arose when 49ers General Manager Scot McCloughan said he would divulge names of undrafted free agents with whom the club had agreed to terms and the following day, Guyton had officially signed with the Patriots.

Madden NFL 97

The game also adds a team of real free agents (as opposed to the blank slate used in Madden 96) which can be traded and added to other teams' rosters (led by recently semi-retired quarterback Randall Cunningham), and could be played by using a cheat code.

NHL Hitz

The rosters are shortened to mainly starters and fan favorites (such as Tie Domi and Bob Probert), with far fewer free agents.

Pittsburgh Colts

The Pittsburgh Colts alongside a number of National Football League free agents took part in the filming of an episode of Shaq Vs. It is an ABC show where Shaquille O'Neal played Ben Roethlisberger in a game of 7 on 7.

Reserve clause

The reserve clause was struck down in 1975 when arbitrator Peter Seitz ruled that since pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally played for one season without a contract, they could become free agents.

Ryan Wagner

Wagner along with Pete Orr and Chad Cordero rejected their assignments to Triple-A becoming free agents on October 30, 2008.

Seitz decision

233, 261 (W.D. Mo. 1976) aff'd, 532 F.2d 615 (8th Cir. 1976) After all appeals were exhausted, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association signed a new agreement in 1976 allowing players with six years experience to become free agents.