USFL Calendar
The following are dates for key USFL events scheduled from
August 1st, 1983 through March 1st, 1984.
August 1st-USFL Contracts Expire
September 6th-USFL Expansion Draft.
October 1st-All playoff participants from the previous season must submit their 24-man protected player list.
October 3rd-Teams may begin signing street free agents
October 4th— Trading period for 1984 begins at 4:00 p.m.
November 1st-Free agency period begins at 4:00 p.m. e.s.t..
November 3rd-5th-Annual Fall Owners Meeting, New York City, New York.
November 11th — Street Free Agent Combine to be held in New York, Chicago, Tampa, New Orleans, Houston, Denver and Los Angeles.
November 25th — Clubs are permitted to contact, and enter into contract negotiations with, the certified agents of players who will become NFL or CFL Free Agents upon the expiration of their current contracts. However, a contract cannot be signed and completed with a USFL club until 4:00 p.m. e.s.t. on January 1st, 1984.
December 1st — The 1984 league year begins; clubs must submit a Minimum Salary Tender to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with expiring 1984 contracts and who have fewer than three accrued years of free agency credit (USFL, NFL or CFL).
January 2nd-4th— Annual Owners Meeting, Orlando, Florida.
January 4th— 1984 USFL Territorial Draft, New York City, New York.
January 5th— 1984 USFL Collegiate Draft, New York City, New York.
January 12th— USFL Spring Coaches Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee.
January 12th-14th— USFL Rookie Symposium, Memphis, Tennessee.
January 16th— Clubs that hired a new Head Coach after the end of the 1986 regular season may begin offseason workout programs.
January 19th — Clubs with returning Head Coaches may begin offseason workout programs.
January 25th— USFL training camps open in Orlando, Houston and Arizona.
February 1st — USFL Supplemental Draft (if necessary by teleconference).
February 1st— Deadline for any club to sign players under contract to a multi-year contract extension. After this date, the player may sign only a one-year contract with his prior club for the 1987 season, and such contract cannot be extended until after the club’s last regular season game.
February 2nd— USFL Inter-squad Scrimmages begin.
February 25th-27th— USFL Regular Season begins (18 game season).
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