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Originally Posted by cbrrmike
i think when they retire with years left on a contract, their rights belong to that team for the remainder of those years
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that is correct. in order to unretire, the only thing the player has to do is request reinstatement from the league commissioner, who will reinstate the player 999 times out of 1000.
when a player retires, assuming they still have years left on their contract, will be place on their team's reserved/retired list which keeps them as property of their team but not on the active roster.