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Yasgur's Farm
01-16-2006, 07:11 PM
January 22 -- Conference Championships.

February 5 -- Super Bowl XL, Detroit, Mich. (ABC).

February 12 -- AFC-NFC Pro Bowl, Honolulu, Hawaii (ESPN).

February 22 -- Deadline for clubs to designate franchise and transition players.

February 22-28 -- Scouting Combine, Indianapolis, Ind.

March 1 -- Deadline for submission of qualifying offers by clubs to their restricted free agents whose contracts have expired and to whom they desire to retain a right of first refusal/compensation.

March 1 -- Deadline for clubs to submit offer of minimum salary to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with fewer than three seasons of free agency credit whose contracts have expired.

March 2 -- Veteran free agency signing period begins.

March 2 -- Trading period begins

March 26-30 -- NFL Annual Meeting, Orlando, Fla.

April 15 -- Signing period ends for restricted free agents.

April 22 -- Deadline for old club to exercise right of first refusal to restricted free agents.

April 29-30 -- NFL Draft.

May 23-25 -- NFL Spring Meeting, Denver, Colo.

June 1 -- Deadline for old clubs to send tender to unsigned unrestricted free agents to receive exclusive negotiating rights for rest of season if player is not signed by another club by July 22.

June 1 -- Deadline for old clubs to send tender to unsigned restricted free agents or to extend qualifying offer to retain exclusive negotiating rights.

June 15 -- Deadline for old clubs to withdraw original qualifying offer to unsigned restricted free agents and still retain exclusive negotiating rights by substituting tender of 110 percent of previous year’s salary.