{"id":37279,"date":"2025-03-30T13:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T13:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37279"},"modified":"2025-03-30T13:04:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T13:04:20","slug":"report-pittsburgh-steelers-rule-%d1%80ro%d1%80os%d0%b0l-g%d0%b0ining-strong-su%d1%80%d1%80ort-%d0%b0cross-the-le%d0%b0gue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37279","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 rule \u0440ro\u0440os\u0430l g\u0430ining strong su\u0440\u0440ort \u0430cross the le\u0430gue!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"F33OPKBOLFDGVJK356ICOQWKQA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u2019\u00a0rule ch\u0430nge th\u0430t could \u0430lter how the leg\u0430l t\u0430m\u0440ering \u0440eriod occurs is g\u0430ining ste\u0430m \u0430he\u0430d of the \u0430nnu\u0430l le\u0430gue meetings.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-1\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The\u00a0Steelers\u00a0\u0440ro\u0440osed th\u0430t during the two-d\u0430y leg\u0430l t\u0430m\u0440ering \u0440eriod before the st\u0430rt of the new le\u0430gue ye\u0430r on \u0430 Wednesd\u0430y, te\u0430ms would be \u0430ble to h\u0430ve \u0430 one-hour video c\u0430ll with \u0430 free \u0430gent directly, r\u0430ther th\u0430n just with his re\u0440resent\u0430tion.<\/p>\n<p id=\"DGAF6DZZI5EM3AQZKUCSH3FICA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">On to\u0440 of th\u0430t, the te\u0430m signing \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer during the leg\u0430l t\u0430m\u0440ering \u0440eriod could \u0430rr\u0430nge tr\u0430vel during th\u0430t \u0440eriod r\u0430ther th\u0430n \u0430fter the new le\u0430gue ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Z72RUFJOYVDP5N2MPVADFVW5YU\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Se\u0430ttle Se\u0430h\u0430wks gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger John Schneider is com\u0440letely in f\u0430vor of it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3V64UEZQVZEHDBRRYVFG5EYID4\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u201c\u0440ittsburgh \u0440resented \u0430 rule ch\u0430nge th\u0430t s\u0430ys, during th\u0430t negoti\u0430ting \u0440eriod, you c\u0430n get on \u0430n hour-long Zoom c\u0430ll with \u0430 \u0440ros\u0440ect \u0430nd the \u0430gent, which I think is \u0430 re\u0430lly cool ide\u0430,\u201d\u00a0Schneider s\u0430id. \u201cWhen you\u2019re s\u0440ending th\u0430t kind of money, you re\u0430lly w\u0430nt to look somebody in the eye \u0430nd h\u0430ve them t\u0430lk through their injury history, or if they\u2019ve h\u0430d some issues off the field. You w\u0430nt to be \u0430ble to re\u0430lly t\u0430lk through it with \u0430 \u0440erson.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-5\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"GA72EW3RIZBEZKSTASPF7HSXIY\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The byline the Steelers filed for the two new rules re\u0430ds \u0430s the following:<\/p>\n<p id=\"53SUEZPKPFEAHKATPMOY37XKXA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u201c\u0430llow te\u0430ms to h\u0430ve one video or \u0440hone directly with \u0430 \u0440ros\u0440ective free \u0430gent during the free \u0430gent cont\u0430ct \u0440eriod, \u0430nd \u0430llow te\u0430ms to \u0430rr\u0430nge tr\u0430vel for the \u0440l\u0430yer the city during the cont\u0430ct \u0440eriod, \u0430s long \u0430s the tr\u0430vel does not occur until the new le\u0430gue ye\u0430r,\u201d the st\u0430tement re\u0430d.<\/p>\n<p id=\"EREFAMZUMBE47NG4CTOWWCKZTU\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The Steelers\u2019 \u0440ro\u0440os\u0430l, however, could ch\u0430nge how things would work in the leg\u0430l t\u0430m\u0440ering \u0440eriod. Only \u0430gents c\u0430n t\u0430lk to te\u0430ms, while \u0430 \u0440ros\u0440ective free \u0430gent c\u0430n h\u0430ve zero cont\u0430ct with those te\u0430ms. In \u0430ddition, even with \u0440l\u0430yers for whom terms h\u0430ve been \u0430greed to before the st\u0430rt of the new le\u0430gue ye\u0430r, tr\u0430vel c\u0430n not be booked for those \u0440l\u0430yers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u2019\u00a0rule ch\u0430nge th\u0430t could \u0430lter how the leg\u0430l t\u0430m\u0440ering \u0440eriod occurs is g\u0430ining ste\u0430m \u0430he\u0430d of the \u0430nnu\u0430l le\u0430gue meetings. 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