Legislative leaders said they were negotiating the grant list until the final hours Tuesday night and did not want to release it in parts.

Teams that do not offer arbitration to their own free agents lose negotiating rights until May 1.

Clubs that did not make offers lost negotiating rights to the players until May 1.

After that, a team loses negotiating rights to the player until May 1.

If a team does not make the player an offer, it loses negotiating rights to him until May 1.

That meant they lost negotiating rights to him until May 1.

If they do not make the offer, they will lose negotiating rights with him until May 1.

Do not stop pedalling; carry on negotiating until the end.

He ultimately negotiated an extension of his contract until September 2002.

By not offering arbitration, teams lose negotiating rights to players until May 1.