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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 911235" data-attributes="member: 7261">No they cant, but we see this happen all the time in the NFL and honestly I am not sure how teams get around the tampering rules.  However, players are traded and immediately they have a new contract.  Maybe the Packers can be the mediator through which a new contract is agreed upon between Rodgers/his agent and his new team, with a condition in the trade of "the trade becomes null and void if Rodgers refuses to later sign said contract."No team in their right mind is going to trade a ton of draft capital away for Rodgers, just to find out that he won't report under the conditions of his current contract.   Now if he has no issues with that contract, then there won't be a need for a new one with his new team.  I find that highly unlikely given that we have heard he wanted more guarantees to be with the Packers beyond 2021.  His new asking price might also greatly influence the actual trade capital that a team is willing to give up.</blockquote>

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