Bzerkap/TLK Conflict of interest

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As I said, being compliant by agreeing to those terms would be in conflict with the integrity of the league as well as each locker room.

So then YKW are being punished for both conflict of interest and tampering? That's a very light tampering punishment then. 1 2nd rounder and a $5M fine for 2 seasons is not a whole lot of deterrent, especially for a rebuilding team.

Rebuilding team trades away expensive, good players, and have a ton of cap space and a bunch of picks. They decide, "hey, I'll take a chance and talk to this free agent a couple days before FA opens". They've got lots of picks to cover the loss of one 2nd rounder, and lots of cap space to cover the 5 mil, so why not take a chance on nabbing a good FA.