Post by League Commissioner on Sept 6, 2012 15:12:00 GMT
Free Agents
In the first season, the Free Agent pool will be comprised of all Free Agents (FA) at the time of the creation of the NDL, and the dropped players from the original rosters.
For future years there will be two genres of FAs, the Restricted Free Agents (RFA) and the Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA).
Restricted Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents will be the ones that had a Qualifying Offer (QO) in their real contract at the time of the creation of the NDL and all rookies that will enter the league in the future, starting in 2012, who will all have a QO in the last year of their rookie contract.
Unrestricted Free Agents
All players that reach the end of their contracts, players whose TO clause isn’t claimed by his team, players who are dropped from their teams and players not taken in the draft are considered Unrestricted Free Agents
Free Agency Rules
The Free Agency period begins right after the Post-Draft Period and is open until the end of the season.
To sign an UFA, a team must start a new thread with that player’s name and post a bid. To make a better offer than the present one a team must make an offer that is 500k better in average per year. When an offer stands for 24 hours without a better offer, that player is signed by the last team to post an offer.
To sign a RFA, there will be a one-bid-blind-auction where every team will a have a chance of taking such player. Those offers should all be sent to a specific proboard account. Every offer must be at least 20% better in terms of average salary than the value of his contract's QO. The team that owned the player has 48 hours to decide if it wants to match the offer and keep the player or not.
The Restricted Free Agency will start right after the annual rookie draft.
You are not allowed to withdraw any offer once you posted it. However, if you have a trade approved that will influence your salary cap, you'll be entitled to withdraw any bid you made in Free Agency. This withdrawal must happen as soon as the trade is approved.
The team that ends with the player must start a new thread with the player’s name on the Signed Free Agents topic
A signed free agent cannot be traded for the following month
In the first season, the Free Agent pool will be comprised of all Free Agents (FA) at the time of the creation of the NDL, and the dropped players from the original rosters.
For future years there will be two genres of FAs, the Restricted Free Agents (RFA) and the Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA).
Restricted Free Agents
Restricted Free Agents will be the ones that had a Qualifying Offer (QO) in their real contract at the time of the creation of the NDL and all rookies that will enter the league in the future, starting in 2012, who will all have a QO in the last year of their rookie contract.
Unrestricted Free Agents
All players that reach the end of their contracts, players whose TO clause isn’t claimed by his team, players who are dropped from their teams and players not taken in the draft are considered Unrestricted Free Agents
Free Agency Rules
The Free Agency period begins right after the Post-Draft Period and is open until the end of the season.
To sign an UFA, a team must start a new thread with that player’s name and post a bid. To make a better offer than the present one a team must make an offer that is 500k better in average per year. When an offer stands for 24 hours without a better offer, that player is signed by the last team to post an offer.
To sign a RFA, there will be a one-bid-blind-auction where every team will a have a chance of taking such player. Those offers should all be sent to a specific proboard account. Every offer must be at least 20% better in terms of average salary than the value of his contract's QO. The team that owned the player has 48 hours to decide if it wants to match the offer and keep the player or not.
The Restricted Free Agency will start right after the annual rookie draft.
You are not allowed to withdraw any offer once you posted it. However, if you have a trade approved that will influence your salary cap, you'll be entitled to withdraw any bid you made in Free Agency. This withdrawal must happen as soon as the trade is approved.
The team that ends with the player must start a new thread with the player’s name on the Signed Free Agents topic
A signed free agent cannot be traded for the following month