2006 NFL calendar				2006 NYOFACE Calendar
Start	End	Event		Start	End	Event
2/22	2/28	Scouting Combine, Indianapolis.		3/6	3/17	Expansion Draft
2/23		Deadline for clubs to designate franchise and transition players.		3/18		Trading period begins.
3/2		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.
3/2		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.
3/3		Veteran free agency signing period begins.
3/3		Trading period begins.
3/18		NFL Europe League season begins.
3/26	3/30	NFL Annual Meeting, Orlando.
4/21		Signing period ends for restricted free agents.
4/28		Deadline for old club to exercise right of first refusal to restricted free agents.
4/29	4/30	NFL Draft, New York City.
5/10	5/12	NFL Coaches Career Development Symposium, Orlando.
5/20		NFL Europe League regular season ends.
5/21	5/24	NFL Spring Meeting, Denver.
5/27		World Bowl XIV, Düsseldorf, Germany.
6/1		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 22.
6/1		Deadline for old clubs to send tender to unsigned restricted free agents or to extend qualifying offer to retain exclusive negotiating rights.		6/2		Deadline for clubs to designate franchise and transition players.  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.
6/15		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.		6/3	8/19	Free agency signing period.  Franchise Players, Transition Players, and RFAs are bid on one-by-one on a daily basis.
6/25	6/28	NFL Rookie Symposium, Carlsbad, Calif.
Late July		Training camps open.
7/22		Signing period ends at 4 p.m. ET for unrestricted free agents who received June 1 tender.		7/24		NYOFACE College Draft Starts - First Pick Due
8/6		Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio.
8/10	8/14	First preseason weekend.		8/19		Roster Freeze Day - No transactions until after Auction Draft
8/29		Roster cutdown to maximum of 65 players.		8/26		NYOFACE Auction Draft Day
9/2		Roster cutdown to maximum of 53 players.		8/27		Trading period begins.
9/7	9/11	Kickoff 2006 Weekend.