09-21-2022, 03:03 PMspooked Wrote:

09-21-2022, 11:16 AMSymmetrik Wrote: I almost did that with Veccelli when I was signed as an IFA by Minny lol. I was IA but I still looked at the site and I kind of preferred to pick my destination, but I think by that point it was too late. I wasn't tagged in the IFA signing so I didn't see it. If it was at the start of FA I would have opted out blind and been a regular FA.

I think the point of it is so you can go through regular FA process, which in itself is still going in blind. You could also go back to the team you opt out of.

I would like to think most teams would take a returning user over an IFA, but the cap is very awkward imo so depending on the situation you could be at risk of getting no offers and the team having filled your spot by the time you go back to them.

You might also lose money too I guess? But its a bit weird.

I think from a GM perspective I just want to know if we are even allowed to say anything if someone on an IFA contract asks us if we would be interested in them or not.

You can treat that the same way you would if a player on any other contract came to you and asked that question. Refer them to their GM, or ask somebody in HO for guidance if you're really worried about it. If they're within the opt-out period, the other GM really can't say no or the player can just opt out and be a normal free agent, and at that point it becomes a question of player agency (which is the whole idea behind the IA opt-out window in the first place), rather than a GM actively going and engineering the departure of a player from another team's roster. The risk of not making your mind up fast enough and having a potential spot filled is a risk in any free agency situation, not just for returning IAs.