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Free Agency
A free agent (henceforth also known as FA) shall be designated as a player that is not listed as a participant in the current NFL draft and is not a member of any TOCOL roster. Free agents will be acquired through the blind bid/first come-first serve (henceforth also known as FCFS) system as designated in the rules. A team that drops a player from their IR or practice squad may not participate in the blind bid process the following week for that player. A player that is dropped from any team will not be available to be acquired by any team until the soonest immediately following FA week. The FA week will start when the first Sunday NFL game of the week starts. A FA moratorium will occur between the start of week 13 games and the start of the first offseason FA window at the end of June.
Each team will have a $50 FA purse. Minumum price for blind bid FAs and FCFS FAs will be $1, and bids must be in whole dollar amounts. FA purses or any portion thereof do not carry over to the next season. FA credits may not be passed onto other teams for any reason.
Offseason free agency will have 2 offseason windows, the first starting the Friday at 8:00 a.m. of the last weekend in June and closing at 8:00 p.m. EST on the following Monday. The second occurs from the 8:00 AM EST Tuesday to 6:00 PM EST Thursday immediately after the 1st full week of preseason games. Results will be posted the next morning or as soon as is practical. No first come, first serve session will be available during the offseason.
In-season FA bidding will open Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. EST and close Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. EST. First come first serve FA will commence Thursday morning at 8:00 a.m. and will end 30 minutes before the start of the first NFL game of the week.
Bids will be sent to someone not involved as an owner of the league. Once blind bids are posted, if two or more teams have equal high bids for the same player, tie-breaking procedures as used for playoff seeding shall be enacted with the team having the lower standing winning the bid.
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Roster limits
Off-season rosters will limited to 65 active players up to the first free agent window (see Free Agency) and 60 active players between the first free agent window and the second free agent window. Owners must cut rosters to 55 players within 24 hours of FAs being awarded for the 2nd offseason window - not including injured reserve.
Owners must cut rosters to 50 players by 12:00 midnight EST on Tuesday after the end of the 3rd full week of the NFL preseason - not including injured reserve.
Regular season active rosters of 45 and practice squad assignments must be made by 12:00 midnight EST on the Tuesday before the first regular season NFL game.
A free agent (henceforth also known as FA) shall be designated as a player that is not listed as a participant in the current NFL draft and is not a member of any TOCOL roster. Free agents will be acquired through the blind bid/first come-first serve (henceforth also known as FCFS) system as designated in the rules. A team that drops a player from their IR or practice squad may not participate in the blind bid process the following week for that player. A player that is dropped from any team will not be available to be acquired by any team until the soonest immediately following FA week. The FA week will start when the first Sunday NFL game of the week starts. A FA moratorium will occur between the start of week 13 games and the start of the first offseason FA window at the end of June.
Each team will have a $50 FA purse. Minumum price for blind bid FAs and FCFS FAs will be $1, and bids must be in whole dollar amounts. FA purses or any portion thereof do not carry over to the next season. FA credits may not be passed onto other teams for any reason.
Offseason free agency will have 2 offseason windows, the first starting the Friday at 8:00 a.m. of the last weekend in June and closing at 8:00 p.m. EST on the following Monday. The second occurs from the 8:00 AM EST Tuesday to 6:00 PM EST Thursday immediately after the 1st full week of preseason games. Results will be posted the next morning or as soon as is practical. No first come, first serve session will be available during the offseason.
In-season FA bidding will open Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. EST and close Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. EST. First come first serve FA will commence Thursday morning at 8:00 a.m. and will end 30 minutes before the start of the first NFL game of the week.
Bids will be sent to someone not involved as an owner of the league. Once blind bids are posted, if two or more teams have equal high bids for the same player, tie-breaking procedures as used for playoff seeding shall be enacted with the team having the lower standing winning the bid.
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Roster limits
Off-season rosters will limited to 65 active players up to the first free agent window (see Free Agency) and 60 active players between the first free agent window and the second free agent window. Owners must cut rosters to 55 players within 24 hours of FAs being awarded for the 2nd offseason window - not including injured reserve.
Owners must cut rosters to 50 players by 12:00 midnight EST on Tuesday after the end of the 3rd full week of the NFL preseason - not including injured reserve.
Regular season active rosters of 45 and practice squad assignments must be made by 12:00 midnight EST on the Tuesday before the first regular season NFL game.
crowe1130
Footballguy
My league is switching to blind bidding as well this year, after years of "open" (ebay-style) bidding. I don't have any finalized rules to share with you, but basically we're thinking it will work this way:
- Three bidding periods per week (Mon/Tue, Wed/Thu, and Fri/Sat).
- Each team has 100 "dollars" to spend for the year.
- Highest bid wins the player. In case of tie bid, first entry wins him.
- Bids are binding and non-retractable.
- Bidder must name a player to drop along with his bid.
We're also thinking about an option for "conditional" blind bids. In other words, you can put in multiple bids like this:
- $5 for Curtis Martin, drop Joe Shmoe. If I don't win that, then $3 for Domanick Davis, drop John Smith. If I don't win that, then $3 for Duce Staley, drop John Doe.
I'd also love to hear how other leagues handle it, since we're also trying to figure out the best method. Anyone have "what worked" or "what didn't work" stories?
- Three bidding periods per week (Mon/Tue, Wed/Thu, and Fri/Sat).
- Each team has 100 "dollars" to spend for the year.
- Highest bid wins the player. In case of tie bid, first entry wins him.
- Bids are binding and non-retractable.
- Bidder must name a player to drop along with his bid.
We're also thinking about an option for "conditional" blind bids. In other words, you can put in multiple bids like this:
- $5 for Curtis Martin, drop Joe Shmoe. If I don't win that, then $3 for Domanick Davis, drop John Smith. If I don't win that, then $3 for Duce Staley, drop John Doe.
I'd also love to hear how other leagues handle it, since we're also trying to figure out the best method. Anyone have "what worked" or "what didn't work" stories?
tarheel1unc
Footballguy
Blind Bidding (BBid) league's waivers are processed on Tuesday Night, Midnight Pacific. At the beginning of the season, all teams are given $100 in Bidding Bucks (not real money). To pick up a player off waivers, you must put in a bid. The team that has the highest bid for that player will get him. Since this is a blind bidding process, no one knows what the others are bidding. Once all the bids are processed, waivers will be first-come-first-served until kickoff. The FCFS waivers do not cost any bidding bucks. Other rules are as follows :
Bid minimum is $0.
If you win the bid at $33, and the next highest bid was $21, you still pay $33 for your player.
If there is a tie bid, the player is awarded to the team with the worst record. 2nd tie-breaker is lowest total points, then random.
The website will allow you to enter a player to drop and then a list of players to bid on.
You are allowed to enter multiple lists of players for each roster positions you would like to fill. (like predrafting).
Your top players bid at each position can exceed your total bidding bucks available. The computer will limit your second (or 3rd...) player's bid to the max bidding bucks available if your bids exceeded your available funds.
Bidding bucks are tradable, but do not carry of to the next year.
New for 2004. When a player is cut by a team, that player is placed on 24 hour hold. During the 24 hold period, any team may place a Blind Bid waiver request for him. At the end of 24 hours, the computer examines all waiver requests for that player and awards him to the highest bidding team. If no one claims him, after the 24 hours is complete, he is added to the waiver pool and is available for immediate pickup. (The 2003 year rules had players be unavailable for the entire week.)
Bid minimum is $0.
If you win the bid at $33, and the next highest bid was $21, you still pay $33 for your player.
If there is a tie bid, the player is awarded to the team with the worst record. 2nd tie-breaker is lowest total points, then random.
The website will allow you to enter a player to drop and then a list of players to bid on.
You are allowed to enter multiple lists of players for each roster positions you would like to fill. (like predrafting).
Your top players bid at each position can exceed your total bidding bucks available. The computer will limit your second (or 3rd...) player's bid to the max bidding bucks available if your bids exceeded your available funds.
Bidding bucks are tradable, but do not carry of to the next year.
New for 2004. When a player is cut by a team, that player is placed on 24 hour hold. During the 24 hold period, any team may place a Blind Bid waiver request for him. At the end of 24 hours, the computer examines all waiver requests for that player and awards him to the highest bidding team. If no one claims him, after the 24 hours is complete, he is added to the waiver pool and is available for immediate pickup. (The 2003 year rules had players be unavailable for the entire week.)
