Post by Admin on Aug 14, 2012 15:41:20 GMT -5
END OF SEASON, FREE AGENCY AND RULES
Rules are almost same as last year. Ask questions, make comments early.
You cant bid on a free agent unless you have an open spot on your roster and have the cash.
At no time can you exceed 90mil for 2013.
The regular season ends on 10/3. Your final end of season roster is due on Wed 10/10 by 9pm CST. It can be up to 25 players. It can be less than that. It has to be less than 25 if you want to bid on FA's. It includes any players still on the DL, still on WW and any minor leaguer who has attained major league status. Minors attaining major league status will start using 2013 figures. I will beforehand list my ending roster to be used as a template. PM your ending roster to the Admin account. I reserve the right to finalize a roster if not received by then. Any players not kept on a final roster are free agents to be bid upon. Players cut before free agency starts will use 2012 salaries.
List who you are keeping and which players you are dropping. At this point I will then list the final rosters and be given a few days to input them to the spreadsheet.
Free Agency starts on Wed 10/17 at 6am CST.
There will be no nominating process. I will compile a list of free agents to bid for.
* NEW FOR THIS YEAR * Once the list of free agents is published the last place finisher will select where on the list we start. We will then go in that order. No requests for adding players to the list this year. Players not on this list can be acquired using silent bidding when it reopens at the end of FA. Players cut during free agency can be included at my discretion.
* Beginning of the auction we will have 3 players nominated at any time. That is because there will be many teams needing multiple players to fill roster space. About half-way thru we will drop down to 2 at any time as the rosters fill-up.
Once a player is won in auction or there is no action for a player, then the next player on the list is in play. Free agency ends when this list is exhausted. Regular silent bidding for FA's as used during the season then starts...again on WED/SUN.
When there is no bid after 24 hours the player is then awarded to the last bidder.
You can start the bidding at $325,000. The minimum incremental bid for a player is $100,000.
12 HOUR RULE.
If there is no opening bid for a player after 12 hours then he is eliminated and next player nominated.
If a player gets even 1 bid then normal auction rules apply. We wait 24 hours.
Auctions starting around 10pm thru 6am there might be problems with those overnighters. Might be tough to get online to bid.
If you miss a '12-hour' auction you have 24hrs from end of it to contact admin to re-instate player. Admin will then place the auction ASAP and when 'nominated' automatically place the min. bid in teams name. The auction then goes as normal.
Once free agency starts all salary figures/adjustments will use 2013 salaries. This is where we 'turn the page' and go to 2013 figures. In other words, Happy Cashman New Years!
During free agency trading is open and you can alway drop a player to open up a spot to bid on a free agent. Just announce your drop in the normal way.
Remember, minimum opening bid is $325,000...you can start higher.
Minimum incremental bid is $100,000...you can place a higher bid.
Remember its the highest bid amount that wins, not total $$$ of contract.
1mil @ 1yr beats 250K @ 5yrs
Since the auctions will end at different times and I cant be here 24/7. If an auction ends you can 'nominate' the next player on the list. Please, no early listings. Only 2 players at any one time.
You always have the option of dropping a player so you can bid on another.
Remember you need to have open spots on your roster to bid.
The final roster list will be published after all rosters have been submitted.
There will breaks this year as requested for Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year. Will post shortly.
Do we all have to have a 25 man roster at the end of Free Agency?
No, you can have less than 25. You will need 25 by the time Yahoo opens for next seasons play.
Under no circumstances can a bid be withdrawn.
Rules are almost same as last year. Ask questions, make comments early.
You cant bid on a free agent unless you have an open spot on your roster and have the cash.
At no time can you exceed 90mil for 2013.
The regular season ends on 10/3. Your final end of season roster is due on Wed 10/10 by 9pm CST. It can be up to 25 players. It can be less than that. It has to be less than 25 if you want to bid on FA's. It includes any players still on the DL, still on WW and any minor leaguer who has attained major league status. Minors attaining major league status will start using 2013 figures. I will beforehand list my ending roster to be used as a template. PM your ending roster to the Admin account. I reserve the right to finalize a roster if not received by then. Any players not kept on a final roster are free agents to be bid upon. Players cut before free agency starts will use 2012 salaries.
List who you are keeping and which players you are dropping. At this point I will then list the final rosters and be given a few days to input them to the spreadsheet.
Free Agency starts on Wed 10/17 at 6am CST.
There will be no nominating process. I will compile a list of free agents to bid for.
* NEW FOR THIS YEAR * Once the list of free agents is published the last place finisher will select where on the list we start. We will then go in that order. No requests for adding players to the list this year. Players not on this list can be acquired using silent bidding when it reopens at the end of FA. Players cut during free agency can be included at my discretion.
* Beginning of the auction we will have 3 players nominated at any time. That is because there will be many teams needing multiple players to fill roster space. About half-way thru we will drop down to 2 at any time as the rosters fill-up.
Once a player is won in auction or there is no action for a player, then the next player on the list is in play. Free agency ends when this list is exhausted. Regular silent bidding for FA's as used during the season then starts...again on WED/SUN.
When there is no bid after 24 hours the player is then awarded to the last bidder.
You can start the bidding at $325,000. The minimum incremental bid for a player is $100,000.
12 HOUR RULE.
If there is no opening bid for a player after 12 hours then he is eliminated and next player nominated.
If a player gets even 1 bid then normal auction rules apply. We wait 24 hours.
Auctions starting around 10pm thru 6am there might be problems with those overnighters. Might be tough to get online to bid.
If you miss a '12-hour' auction you have 24hrs from end of it to contact admin to re-instate player. Admin will then place the auction ASAP and when 'nominated' automatically place the min. bid in teams name. The auction then goes as normal.
Once free agency starts all salary figures/adjustments will use 2013 salaries. This is where we 'turn the page' and go to 2013 figures. In other words, Happy Cashman New Years!
During free agency trading is open and you can alway drop a player to open up a spot to bid on a free agent. Just announce your drop in the normal way.
Remember, minimum opening bid is $325,000...you can start higher.
Minimum incremental bid is $100,000...you can place a higher bid.
Remember its the highest bid amount that wins, not total $$$ of contract.
1mil @ 1yr beats 250K @ 5yrs
Since the auctions will end at different times and I cant be here 24/7. If an auction ends you can 'nominate' the next player on the list. Please, no early listings. Only 2 players at any one time.
You always have the option of dropping a player so you can bid on another.
Remember you need to have open spots on your roster to bid.
The final roster list will be published after all rosters have been submitted.
There will breaks this year as requested for Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year. Will post shortly.
Do we all have to have a 25 man roster at the end of Free Agency?
No, you can have less than 25. You will need 25 by the time Yahoo opens for next seasons play.
Under no circumstances can a bid be withdrawn.