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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Aug 1, 2016 7:31:13 GMT -5
OK, Now that we have the bridge contract mechanics hammered out it is time for RFA. I will be turning on the RFA page tonight and would like everyone, especially the new guys, to make a test RFA pick. As a reminder, we do a waterfall method of bidding where we start with minimum 8M bids and decrement downwards. Each of these periods is made up of 24 hours to bid, and then 24 hours for the owner to respond to the bid. I would like to kickoff the real RFA period on Friday.
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Post by Jedediah-Hartford on Aug 1, 2016 8:58:25 GMT -5
Will these new mechanics be showing up in the Rules/Processes section soon? Same for the other ongoing discussions such as the expansion draft exposures and so forth. As much as I try to take a look at things to keep up to date it does become easy to fall behind with the massive amounts of discussion I see on these threads.
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Aug 1, 2016 10:10:06 GMT -5
Bridge Contracts Only drafted players coming off of their ELCs can be bridged Bridges to start will be 2 years. There might be some flexibility moving forward to adjust to between 1-3 years 2nd part of bridges will be up to 4 years max (adjustable maybe given item above) Bridge and post bridge contract terms cannot exceed 6 years If bridged the owner loses the 75% home discount for resign, see next item Bridge and Post bridge contracts are at a 90% match each For Post bridge, owner must pay at least minimum of 2+ Post bridge years for contract This means post bridge contract of minimum yearly salary: 1 year (3 years total value used) 900k (no discount) 2 years (3 years total value used) 1.8M (2.5% discount) 3 years (3 years total value used) 4M (5.0% discount) 4 years (3 years total value used) 6M (7.5% discount) Read more: gtgfhl.proboards.com/thread/3759/new-2016-bridge-contracts-discussion#ixzz4G5rPZ4uhOn another note, I saw a new version of the rule book (that Scotty had been working on with Mike I believe) show up in my inbox yesterday. I haven't had a chance to review it yet.
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Aug 1, 2016 18:15:37 GMT -5
RFA testing is now open. Please make a few bids to make sure you understand the process. If you have any questions, post them here: From the rulebook: As part of the free agent bidding process, owners will need to use your password in order to get into that section of the board.
On the appointed start day for RFA I will turn on the process and you will have an opportunity to bid on Restricted Free Agents (RFA) with minimum bids required for the first round of 8M per year. This first phase will complete on the following night at 8:00 PM EST at which point in time bidding will be disabled and bids, if any, will be reviewed to determine high bidders and this information will be posted. Teams who have had players bid on will then have 24 hours to decide if they will keep the player (by matching 90% of the highest bid or 90% of the players asking price, whichever is higher [note, if the player was a RFAI the percentage to match will be 75%]). This review for teams will need to be completed by 8:00 PM EST on the second day after the round opened at which point the next phase of RFA will continue with minimum bids of 6M with a closing of the bidding portion 24 hours later and then another 24 hours for owners to decide what to do with players that have been bid upon. These 2 day phases will continue for each of the 7 salary groupings as listed here: $8M $6M $4.5M $3M $1.5M $1M $600k
Some notes to remember regarding RFA:
1) The bid you make for a player in this phase will be exactly what you need to pay the player. If you make a bid for 10M and someone decides not to match, you are on the hook for 10M (contingent to some minor savings for signing the player for a longer term contract).
2) You do not want to bid on your own players. This could only be driving up the cost on a player who you will have a chance to match anyways.
3) Your bid needs to be at minimum, the player’s asking price.
4) You must have your own draft picks in order to make a selection that will require forfeiting those draft picks if you win. Therefore, you need to review the picks you will need to give up in case you win a bid for a player and the current owner decides not to match. This also means that you might only be able to bid on one player especially during these higher rounds.
5) Any player that is brought into play by being bid on by at least one player in a round will be off of the table for later rounds after the players current owner decides to match or take the compensation. This means that if Quick is bid upon by a few GMs in the first round of RFA, once the highest bidder is determined and Quick's owner decides what to do with him, his fate is sealed. He will not be available to bid on in round 2 and later.
6) GMs cannot exceed their salary cap to match a RFA.Read more: gtgfhl.proboards.com/thread/3370/rule-book#ixzz4G7qKHql7
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Post by Brian-Cleveland on Aug 1, 2016 19:26:24 GMT -5
It keeps saying that I don't have the picks available for a million dollar bid on Gabriel Beaupre.
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Aug 1, 2016 19:50:33 GMT -5
It keeps saying that I don't have the picks available for a million dollar bid on Gabriel Beaupre. Reviewing now. That should only require your 3rd round pick which you still have.
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Post by Phil-Cornwall on Aug 1, 2016 19:57:38 GMT -5
Every year someone bids on 2 players that need the same or overlapping compensation. Syracuse offender comes to mind past couple years.
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Aug 1, 2016 19:59:37 GMT -5
Try now. I just placed a bid on him and it worked fine.
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Post by Phil-Cornwall on Aug 1, 2016 20:00:56 GMT -5
I get the same 'picks not availble' problem trying multiple bids...
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Aug 1, 2016 20:01:11 GMT -5
Every year someone bids on 2 players that need the same or overlapping compensation. Syracuse offender comes to mind past couple years. This was addressed last year so it doesn't allow you to bid on players that require compensation that a team either doesn't have, or doesn't have given previous current unresolved bids.
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Aug 1, 2016 20:01:53 GMT -5
I get the same 'picks not availble' problem trying multiple bids... Yes, that is functioning as designed. Clear your bids if you want to bid on another player.
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Post by Chris-Suffolk on Aug 1, 2016 20:05:06 GMT -5
I cannot make a test bid on anything above 999. However, the setup does not have anything less than 1M.
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Post by Phil-Cornwall on Aug 1, 2016 20:05:57 GMT -5
nope...there is a problem still
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Aug 1, 2016 20:14:37 GMT -5
Hmmm. Maybe it is still looking at the 2016 picks and not the 2017 ones. Reviewing now.
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Aug 1, 2016 20:17:34 GMT -5
Yup, 2016 was hard coded in the stored procedure. Working on making this dynamic now.
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