re: NFLPA asks player agents to reconsider signing with the Saints

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Injury settlement: Instead of putting the waived/injured player on the IR for the rest of the season a team will negotiate an injury settlement if the player has a chance of returning from the injury in that season.

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I told you that the only time injury settlements are used is when a player is going on IR but instead they agree to a settlement.

This says what I told you.

Not all injured players that are released go on IR. Those guys that are released in the offseason are screwed if this law passes.

Edit:
I see where I may have been wrong on one thing, but teams can chose to release those players under the skill designation saying that they wouldn't have been good enough to make the team anyway and avoid putting them on IR.