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These are all rule adjustments concerning the timing of extensions. Each rule change line will have the voting option of having the rule change effective immediately (2011-12 offseason) or for the 2012-13 offseason.1) Management of salary caps for not just current year but future 5-6 years. This is something we are doing in New Era and is much more realistic for a franchises' books. It also prevents GMs from financially ruining future years with cash exchanges.I am not sure what this means.2) Should prospect extensions be the only type of extensions allowable for expired contracts in the offseason? If so, should we adopt a short window to do this such as two weeks?Yes. Deadline is January 1st of the following year. Dollars take effect the following year.3) I am suggesting a rule change that says contract extensions can be done one of two ways. The first is a traditional extension which is only allowable in the last year of the current contract. The extension is added on in future years. For example, a 2011 contract could get a three year extension starting in 2012 and ending in 2014. The second is our current type of extensions which is essentially a new contract overwriting the old one. We have minimum and maximum years protecting this new contract status.Allow extensions any time prior to the expiration of the contract as long as they are governed by the minimum and maximum years rules. Dollars and length (min/max) take effect the following year.4) Should regular extensions on expiring contracts not be allowed anymore? It really isn't feasible to have this for such a realistic league. This puts more honus on the trade deadline and free agency. Yes. Keep extensions. They are realistic and allow some semblance of team stability in the league.The big issue with rules #2 and #4 are when they would be made effective. I don't see an issue with rules #1 and #3 being effective immediately although rule #1 would make several rosters illegal in 2012, so perhaps it is better to wait on that one until the offseason as well. In general, rule changes should be made one year in advance.Please votes YES or NO to all four of these with a timeline. We are not going backwards and changing contracts based on new rules. What is done is done. Let's keep this simple, fair, and realistic.
I just want to be clear on Item #1 if it passes. If I have a player that another team has helped with the contract for the next two, but not beyond, and that means that my teams exceeds the Cap in 2013 and 2014, would my roster in 2011 be illegal?
Correct. Adjustments would need to be made. It is only right to enforce that rule starting in the offseason. Once all teams are under all caps then there is no reason a roster should become illegal.