2001-2002 Free Agency

[AD23forMVP]

Free Agency begins now. Remember, thread title needs to only be the players name. Inside the thread, you post your offer like this:

Number of Years - First Year Salary - Percentage Increase

Here is how FA breaks down:

If a player is signing with a new team:

1) The contract can be for up to 6 seasons.

2) The player can receive a raise each year of up to 10% of the value of the first year of the contract.

3) The maximum value of the first year of the contract is the smaller of the amount of cap room the team has and the maximum salary the player can receive based up his experience in the league(see table below).

If a player is resigning with his previous team and has 3 or more bird years:

1) The contract can be for up to 7 seasons.

2) The player can receive a raise each year of up to 12.5% of the value of the first year of the contract

3) The player can receive the larger of the maximum salary based on his experience and 120% of his previous salary in the first year of the contract.

If a player is resigning with his previous team and has less than bird years:

1) The contract can be for up to 6 seasons.

2) The player can receive a raise each year of up to 10% of the value of the first year of the contract.

3) The player can receive the larger of the team's salary cap room(up to the maximum salary) and 120% of his previous salary in the first year of the contract.

Teams over the salary cap also may offer a player one of their two salary cap exceptions:

1) Mid Exception - one-year offer of $4,500,000

2) Low Exception - one-year offer of $1,200,000

Each exception may only be used once per season.

Bird Years:

Bird years are the number of seasons a player has gone without changing teams via free agency. When a player is traded, he maintains his bird years.

Salary based on experience:

Exp Min Max
0 $332,817 $10,625,000
1 $465,850 $10,625,000
2 $540,850 $10,625,000
3 $565,850 $10,625,000
4 $590,850 $10,625,000
5 $653,350 $10,625,000
6 $715,850 $10,625,000
7 $778,350 $12,750,000
8 $840,850 $12,750,000
9 $965,850 $12,750,000
10+ $1,000,000 $14,875,000

[BallSoHard]

Have the amnesty claims gone in/ Can we FA bid on those?

[AD23forMVP]

Nobody put in any amnesty claims so they're regular FA's now.

[Soundwave]

Do we use the mid exception all at once on one player? Or can it be split between two players?

[AD23forMVP]

All at once, can't break it up.

[bustahyndes]

where is the FA list?

[Soundwave]

Can teams over the cap just use the exceptions to sign players, or can they sign guys to the vet minimum as well?

[LoCo89]

where is the FA list?

It's in the Main Index, under the seasons tab.

Also a question on the vets min, what would it be?

[AD23forMVP]

Check out the chart in the first post.

[LoCo89]

Check out the chart in the first post.

Sorry sorry I'm an idiot lol

[AD23forMVP]

It's cool lol

[BallSoHard]

When will you submit these offers into the game?

[AD23forMVP]

Let's say for the time being, Tuesday?

[BallSoHard]

Much appreciated. Can take a little more time lol.

[BallSoHard]

You can't use your exception until you've used your cap room correct?

[AD23forMVP]

You can't use your exception until you've used your cap room correct?

Honestly, I'm not sure if that's the way it works or not lol

[AD23forMVP]

Keep in mind exceptions are only an offer for a single season.

[PrepP]

Can I offer a player a contractin FA if I have a full roster, then drop a player if they sign?

[AD23forMVP]

They can't sign if your roster is full.

[PrepP]

They can't sign if your roster is full.

Thanks. When is the deadline to make an offer to a player?

[AD23forMVP]

First day will be simmed either late tomorrow or Tuesday afternoon.

[IamQuailman]

I wouldn't be opposed to tomorrow if you decided on that, commish!

[LoCo89]

First day will be simmed either late tomorrow or Tuesday afternoon.

How many days?

[Conroy]

So can you raise or lower your offer after you post it once you see what other people are offering?

[Soundwave]

So we will have time after the first sim to adjust and sign others if we missed on someone, correct?