The Facts:
Barring some sort of court challenge by the players’ union – and it would likely be fruitless -- NFL teams will be able to use the franchise and/or transition tags in eight days.
Reported by the Boston Globe
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
There has been some discrepancy on whether the tags could be used this year and applied to the 2011 season, mostly from the union side. But NFL senior vice president and general counsel Peter Rucco, who is one of the league’s in-house CBA wonks, said today that the league has told teams they can apply the tags in a 14-day window beginning Feb. 10. Per Globe staffer Greg Bedard, the league has told teams the tag rules would be the same as they were in the 2010 uncapped league year: one franchise and/or one transition tag at their disposal. In capped years, each team could use either a franchise or transition tag, but not both.
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