主要是Max QO的下面有這一條但書,容易被忽略:
A player can elect to accept his qualifying offer and play the following
season under its terms. This is sometimes done in order to become an
unrestricted free agent the following summer (see question number 46).
注意這邊寫的是QO而不是Max QO, 所以意思是,母隊開了Max QO之後,球員(RFA)可以選擇不
要接受,我要選擇(elect)按照我原來新秀約的一般QO條款來打下個球季,這樣打完下一個暑
假就會變成完全FA.
加這條是合理的,因為Max QO已經給母隊很大續約優勢了,如果規定開Max QO就一定要接受,
那等於一個球員前七年都會被綁在同一隊了.