NFL News: Players Association Is Looking Into Two Trades

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The union is looking into two trades that might have circumvented the 85% rule.

Under the rule, which is only applicable in an uncapped year, any drafted rookie who is cut by his team is guaranteed 85 percent of his first-year minimum-wage $310,000 salary.

The Redskins traded rookie tight end/fullback Dennis Morris to the Rams for a future conditional draft pick; the Redskins then acquired rookie linebacker Hall Davis, also for a conditional draft pick. Because the players have been traded, their new teams aren’t subject to the 85% rule and can be cut, as is expected, without paying any money.