ataxic gait an unsteady, uncoordinated walk, with a wide base and the feet thrown out, coming down first on the heel and then on the toes with a double tap. double-step gait a gait in which there is a noticeable difference in the length or timing of alternate steps.
Free agency began in the NFL in 1947. Before that, clubs were able to use the reserve rule, which was made more famous by baseball and the men who crushed it: Curt Flood and Marvin Miller.
The NFL instituted a negotiating window -- more affectionately known as the tampering window -- in 2013 to curb the very open and supposedly illegal contract negotiations that had taken place ahead of the start of offseason free agency periods in years prior.