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Originally Posted by Popes
RFAs count against the tendering team until matched/declined. In fact, this very question was asked and answered in the RFA Commentary thread last night. The reasoning: the RFA has to be applied to someone's cap at all times. If he truly did come off of your cap when bid out, then he would have to be on Insects cap right now. And then if I bid on him, he'd have to go onto my cap. Etc, etc. That wouldn't make sense. The cleanest and easiest way is for him to stay on the tendering team's cap until that team either gives him his release or re-signs him.
I can see why you'd think that. This isn't my call, but I'd be inclined to say that's fine. Ultimately, it's up to Jim, unless anyone is aware of a precedent when this has happened in the past - then that would govern.
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I'm not on the rules committee, and have zero say, but IMO it'd be right to let Matt rescind the match on Anderson for the moment, but not allow him to decline a player before they sell.
I do believe we had a similar situation with the Insects a couple years ago, and the tender amounts counted forcing him to make cuts of his own RFAs that he didn't want to make when players sold to him he didn't expect and he ran out of time with the grace period.
FWIW, Jason's interpretation is how the rule has always been applied. The tender counts against the cap till a player is sold and subsequently declined, which is why I sent you a PM Matt about matching so early and why I thought that could be a strategic mistake.