Roster Management Rules

ROSTER MANAGEMENT:

R1) Trade Rules:
CPU Trades are not allowed.

Each team is allowed a maximum of 4 trades per league year (After the Superbowl a new league year will start with FA and trades)

Each trade may involve up to 4 players/picks per side
The trade deadline for is Week 8 during the season. Trades will then be allowed again after the Superbowl.
There will be a trade committee that must approve of a trade before it will be officially allowed
The trade committee must vote with 3/5 of the vote allowing the trade in order for it to be accepted. If 2 TC members are involved in the trade then only 2 approvals are necessary.

In order for a trade to be reviewed by the committee all team owners involved in the trade must post and accept the trade in the thread "Proposed Trades" under "Player Transaction Central".

The Trade Committee members are:
brza37
LTownS7ers
Bishbosh
Warrior9674
MeisterEder
Bartell

R2) Free Agency:
OFFSEASON Free Agency:


Offseason FA Bidding happens over 3 stages where you can bid on players you want. When a stage is advanced some players will decide to sign while others will wait for a better offer before deciding.


Pre-Season Free Agency:
There will be no Free Agent draft in the Preseason this year. Everyone will be allowed to sign up to 2 free agents during Preseason Week 1.
If you do not meet the minimum requirements before starting a preseason game or else the CPU will randomly sign players for you. Please post the names of the players the CPU signed in the offseason schedule threa. If you do not meet the minimum requirements you must drop the players that the CPU signed for you at the conclusion of the game.

Once we advance to Preseason week 2 you can sign any additional players you want on a first come first serve basis. This period lasts throughout the season until the Super Bowl.

Regular Season Free Agency:
During the regular season and playoffs you are allowed to sign whatever free agents you want on a first come first serve basis. This period lasts throughout the season until the Super Bowl.

R3) Roster Minimum 53: In order to keep the salary cap fair for all, every team must have at least 53 active players on their roster at all times during the regular season and playoffs. If a player is placed on IR you must account for this difference and increase your roster accordingly. For example, if you only had 50 players before placing a player on IR then you need to sign a new player to maintain 53 active players.
In addition to the 53 active player minimum you must ALWAYS meet the EA required roster minimums. This is enforced by EA before you are allowed to play a game so make sure you dont go under at any point during the season otherwise you will get an error when trying to play.
The EA minimums per position are as follows;

QB: 2
HB: 3
WR: 4
TE: 3
T: 3
G: 3
C: 1
DT: 2
DE: 3
OLB: 3
MLB: 2
CB: 4
S: 3
P: 1
K: 1


Take this into account when planning your roster construction this offseason. Failure to comply will result in game suspensions.

R4) Release and sign not allowed
If you release a player during the season you are not allowed to sign him again during the same season.

R5) Practice Squad Stealing is Allowed
You are allowed to sign players from other teams' practice squads.

R6) Practice Squad Hidden Extensions
You are not allowed to sign players to your practice squad in Week 17 or in the playoffs.



R7) Contract Extension / Re-signing Rules
The max contract length allowed for contract offers is 4 years for players rated 80 OVR or higher and 2 years for players rated below 80 OVR.
If a player demands more years than allowed by the rules send a screenshot to the admin team, offer him the requested amount of years and we will edit his contract back down to the max amount of years afterwards.

R8) SMLE Waiver Wire
If a player any age 76ovr or greater is cut, then they must pass through the SMLE waiver wire. The player will not become an eligible free agent until after 24hrs or by 8pm GMT the following day, whichever comes last, (ie. a player released at 6pm will be on waivers for 26hrs). Any team can make a claim during this time on the waiver chat (Telegram). Waiver order is previous season's draft order until week 4 then it's current season w/l that defines waiver order. The player is then signed by the claimant to a 1 year deal. If the player reaches the waiver deadline unclaimed he becomes a free agent free to sign by anyone at any time.
We follow NFL waiver order rules which means teams do not move to the back of the order after making a claim.

Waiver Format is:
WAIVER: OVR - Position - Full Name
Claims should answer the corresponding waiver message in this format:
CLAIM: Team Name