FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NFL-75 1/6/98
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE CALENDAR
| January 11 | -- |
Conference Championships. |
| January 25 | -- |
Super Bowl XXXII, San Diego, California. |
| February 1 | -- |
AFC-NFC Pro Bowl, Honolulu, Hawaii. |
| February 5-9 | -- |
Scouting Combine, Indianapolis. |
| February 12 | -- |
Deadline for clubs to designate franchise and transition players. |
| February 12 | -- |
Deadline for submission of qualifying offers by clubs to their restricted free agents whose contracts have expired and to whom they desire to retain a right of first refusal/compensation. |
| February 12 | -- |
Deadline for clubs to submit offer of minimum salary to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with fewer than three seasons of free agency credit whose contracts have expired. |
| February 13 | -- |
Veteran free agency signing period begins. |
| February 13 | -- |
Trading period begins. |
| March 22-27 | -- |
NFL Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida. |
| April 13 | -- |
Signing period ends for restricted free agents. |
| April 17 | -- |
Deadline for old club to exercise right of first refusal to restricted free agents. |
| April 18-19 | -- |
NFL Draft, New York City. |
| May 18-21 | -- |
NFL Spring Meeting, Miami, Florida. |
| June 1 | -- |
Deadline for old clubs to send tender to unsigned unrestricted free agents to receive exclusive negotiating rights for rest of season if player is not signed by another club by July 15. |
| June 1 | -- |
Deadline for old clubs to send tender to unsigned restricted free agents or to extend qualifying offer to retain exclusive negotiating rights. |
| June 15 | -- |
Deadline for old clubs to withdraw original qualifying offer to unsigned restricted free agents and still retain exclusive negotiating rights by substituting tender of 110 percent of previous year’s salary. |
| July 15 | -- |
Signing period ends at 4:00 PM ET for unrestricted free agents who received June 1 tender. |
| August 1 | -- |
Pro Football Hall of Fame Game – Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. |
| August 15 | -- |
American Bowl, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
| September 6-7 | -- |
Kickoff ’98 Weekend |