Does the new CBA prevent franchising the same player more than once?
No, it doesn't, and that's one of the main issues with the tag. But -- if a player were to be tagged multiple years in a row, they wouldn't necessarily be upset. The CBA states that a Franchise Tag must be an average of the top 5 salaries at that position OR a 120% increase from that players previous years salary -- whichever is GREATER.
So if Matt Forte or Drew Brees were to be tagged let's say 3 or 4 years in a row -- their salary would increase by 20% each year. So if they were making 10 mil in 2012, and were franchised each year for the next 4 years, by 2016 their salary would be 20.25 mil. A team would not be smart to do that because you are basically adding 20% each year on top of the average of the top 5 players at that position when the original tag was placed.
That rule pretty much gurantees that a team will make a deal with a player before continually applying the tag year after year.
