The Pittsburgh Steelers put forth a rule change proposal that was voted on, slightly altered, and ultimately passed at the NFL Owners meeting over the weekend. The proposal was to modernize the free agency legal tampering period to allow teams to speak directly to players and meet with them virtually during the tampering period.
The rules used to allow teams to speak with agents only until the start of the new league year, when the players officially became unrestricted free agents. One former GM thinks this new rule, proposed by the Steelers, will benefit them more than some other teams.