Amnesty after a trade?

[coolness]

Based on last CBA and anything you've heard about the next one...

Can your team trade for a guy who is cheaper to amnesty and then amnesty him?

[answerthink]

The last deal was agreed to in principle on June 21, 2005. The CBA (which was executed between the parties a little more than a month later) stipulated that the player had to be signed or acquired prior to that date in order to qualify for the amnesty provision.

[dockingsched]

Only thing about that i've read is Marc Stein saying he spoke to an exec that believes that this will not be allowed (trading for a player, then using the amnesty on him).