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Originally Posted by Wonder Mutts
I don't know... that's the point where I start to get a little uncomfortable about it. It seems to me that each team should have to "declare" IR players at some point. Even if you're acquiring a IR player through a lateral trade, there still needs to be an official declaration of IR status on the part of the new team. I think that declaration should be considered an entirely new placement on a new team's IR. At which point, certain benefits are given to the new team including 1 extra year and 1/2 salary back. I think upon receiving the benefit, the new team should also assume any burdens i.e. 4 week requirement.
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If a team receiving a player on IR has to redeclare his IR status, and this start the IR period anew, means that a team receiving an IR player could just place him on the active roster prior to his four week service being up. I'm not in favor of that. I'm in support of Mike's reading on this.