Suggested Rule Tweak for Releasing Players

[Colby]

Release Rules
If the player is dropped after the trade deadline, then the hit to the cap changes to 75%, 50%, 25%, respectively.

The hit against the cap is rounded to the nearest $500,000.  Therefore, if it ends up being less than $250,000, the hit to the cap will be zero for that year.

Dropping a player that is under contract at $500k/year for 2 years AFTER the deadline results in a cap hit of $250k, which rounds to $500k.  The 2-year $0.5m  contracts are a pain for that reason.  I am suggesting we change this rule, effective in January 2011, to make that "less than or equal" that way you can drop (after the trade deadline) such contracts without penalty in the next year.

[bridgestone]

I like this ever so slight rule change... hopefully the league supports it.  It only makes sense.

[bravesfan4]

I fully support the rule tweak.

[Paul S.]

I would agree with this change.

[kungfuwig]

i think its good

[nerwffej]

i am all for change also :win:

[guak2005]

I don't like this rule change. 2y 0.5m contracts are usually a risk that you take with possible high rewards. If you didn't want to be bound to the player for two years, then you should had offered a 1 year contract instead of a 2 year contract. If you allow these contracts to be dropped with no penalty on the 2nd year you are taking all the risk away from such pickups. For example last year I gtot a couple of guys on my team with these contracts like Stauffer and Escobar. I got a bargain in Stauffer, but Escobar never recovered from his injury. I think it is only reasonable that I'm stuck with Escobar's contract, while I'm reaping the benefits of the Stauffer contract.

[Colby]

Note that you can only avoid the cap hit in the 2nd year if the player is dropped after the trade deadline in the first year.

[Canada8999]

I tend to agree with Daniel... there would be no reason not to bid up from $0.5M to $1.0M, because the extra year is essentially a team-only option.

[guak2005]

Note that you can only avoid the cap hit in the 2nd year if the player is dropped after the trade deadline in the first year.

 It would make more sense if it were the other way around. Avoiding the cap hit on the second year if dropped before the trade deadline in the first year.