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First there was Reggie White who challenged the NFL and won his free agency way back in the 1980’s. The NFL adopted Plan B free agency which allowed players to start moving on after their contracts were up. It’s continued to build since then and now the league new year marks the beginning of free agency and that has exploded into one of the most anticipated months of the entire NFL calendar.
There is however, a problem.
The NFL’s attempt to make each team more capable of beating any other team is watering down the league and making it difficult for teams to really compete and build from within.