The New Year is upon us and we now turn our attention to the available free agents that will help our teams. Although I sent out this information previously, here’s an overview of how we conduct free agency in FGM. Please review this information at your leisure.
Free Agency will begin and we wil adhere to the following schedule.
1/08/18- FA opens up for CI / DH
1/22/18- FA opens up for P
2/05/18- FA opens up for OF
2/19/18- FA opens up for MI
3/05/18- FA opens up for C
Please review the free agency rules listed below.
Free Agency Bidding
* If you start the bidding on a player, please create a thread with their name, position, and team as the subject. Each player is auctioned in a separate thread (on this board) and may be started by anyone.
* You do not need to post how many years you are offering on the contract until you win the bid.
* Salaries must be in multiples of $0.5m. This includes Signing Bonuses. If a Bid or Bonus is not a multiple of $0.5m, it shall be ruled invalid and removed.
*Bids on a player are considered final when it has not been bid on for 72 hours. Every time there is a new bid there is a new 72 hour window. Please don’t complain if another GM posts a last minute bid. It happens for a variety of reasons and as long as it’s within the 72 hour window, it’s entirely within everyone’s right to do so.
*The winning bid will be the highest total contract amount. Note that term limits apply after a bid is won.
*Once you have won the bid on a player, you then must open a spot on your roster for the player. If your roster is at the maximum number of players, then you must declare who you wish to release. After this, you must set the contract terms. Once this is done, the commissioner will edit your roster.
*There is no limit to the number of players that can be auctioned at one time or the number of bids for a player. Please make sure you have enough cap money to cover all your bids.
*Note that bids on players that may fall under prospect contracts work differently. The prospect contract has its own set of rules at a league minimum salary. Any amount over $0.5m may be considered a signing bonus, and is on a team's books even if they release the player. Signing bonuses are guaranteed money!
*Bids cannot be edited under any circumstances. Editing a bid will render it invalid. Should there be an issue requiring an edit, contact the league moderator(s) via PM to get adequate resolution.
As always, if you have a question regarding league matters, Free Agency or otherwise, please PM either Rick (BHows) or me, preferably both of us, and we will do our best to help.
