"Free Agency"
After the draft it may still be conceivable that an owner may not have enough players to field a team if they had a lot of retirements the previous season. In this case, we'll need to have a system in place so that owners can pick up players off the scrap heap to complete their roster. Owners may also have a practice squad consisting of up to 5 players. The way it will work is simple. You can choose any player you want from the original ROM that was never drafted in our first draft, any player cut from a team, or any player not picked in one of the college drafts. Keep in mind that original ROM players will have to be run through the aging/retirement formula if selected. The undrafted players WILL RECEIVE THEIR WORST POSSIBLE RATING. Free agency is not a place to pick up good players; it is a place to pick up enough players to field a team and to fill up a practice squad of marginal talent. If you want to pick up a player, start a thread with simply that player's name. Other owners will have 24 hours to respond to your "claim" to the player. The owner with the worst record from the previous season who responds to your post will receive the player. (Basically, who 5star wants, 5star gets, if he responds). Keep in mind that you can never have possession of more than 35 players at any time (30 on active roster, 5 on practice squad), so you'll need to cut a player from your team IMMEDIATELY if you win your claim to a player. This will help naturally eliminate any blatant manipulation of the system. Also, ONCE YOU WIN THE RIGHTS TO A PLAYER YOU MAY NOT CUT THAT PLAYER IN THE SAME OFFSEASON. This will also prevent manipulation of the system or selecting players just so other teams don't get them. Also, once you claim a player, the claim cannot be revoked. Free agency will start tomorrow at 12 noon ET to give everyone enough time to read this and plan for it. It should not take more than a couple days to pick up a few scrubs to fill up your roster, so please be on the ball quickly so that the process doesn't take long and we can get on with the season. Thanks to all for a successful draft and let's keep this offseason moving so we can get on with the season. We may be able to start next week if all goes accordingly!!!
After the draft it may still be conceivable that an owner may not have enough players to field a team if they had a lot of retirements the previous season. In this case, we'll need to have a system in place so that owners can pick up players off the scrap heap to complete their roster. Owners may also have a practice squad consisting of up to 5 players. The way it will work is simple. You can choose any player you want from the original ROM that was never drafted in our first draft, any player cut from a team, or any player not picked in one of the college drafts. Keep in mind that original ROM players will have to be run through the aging/retirement formula if selected. The undrafted players WILL RECEIVE THEIR WORST POSSIBLE RATING. Free agency is not a place to pick up good players; it is a place to pick up enough players to field a team and to fill up a practice squad of marginal talent. If you want to pick up a player, start a thread with simply that player's name. Other owners will have 24 hours to respond to your "claim" to the player. The owner with the worst record from the previous season who responds to your post will receive the player. (Basically, who 5star wants, 5star gets, if he responds). Keep in mind that you can never have possession of more than 35 players at any time (30 on active roster, 5 on practice squad), so you'll need to cut a player from your team IMMEDIATELY if you win your claim to a player. This will help naturally eliminate any blatant manipulation of the system. Also, ONCE YOU WIN THE RIGHTS TO A PLAYER YOU MAY NOT CUT THAT PLAYER IN THE SAME OFFSEASON. This will also prevent manipulation of the system or selecting players just so other teams don't get them. Also, once you claim a player, the claim cannot be revoked. Free agency will start tomorrow at 12 noon ET to give everyone enough time to read this and plan for it. It should not take more than a couple days to pick up a few scrubs to fill up your roster, so please be on the ball quickly so that the process doesn't take long and we can get on with the season. Thanks to all for a successful draft and let's keep this offseason moving so we can get on with the season. We may be able to start next week if all goes accordingly!!!