<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> A restricted free agent is a type of free agent in the National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), or National Basketball Association (NBA). Such players have special restrictions on the terms under which they can retain or change employment status with their athletic club teams . </P> <P> In the National Football League, a restricted free agent (RFA) is one with three accrued seasons (six or more regular season games with a team) of service, who has received a "qualifying" offer (a salary level predetermined by the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement between the league and its players, known as a "tender") from his current club . He can negotiate with any club through a certain date . If the restricted free agent accepts an offer sheet from a new club, his old club has "right of first refusal," a five - day period in which it may match the offer and retain him, or choose not to match the offer, in which case it may receive one or more draft picks for the upcoming draft from the player's new club . If an offer sheet is not executed, the player's rights revert to his old club the day after negotiations must end . </P> <P> In 2007, a second - round tender offer was added, and after the 2011 lockout, the top tender was removed . The three tender amounts for 2013 are as follows: </P>

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