Monday, July 20, 2009

14 STARTING ROSTER REQUIREMENTS

AS A REMINDER, HERE ARE THE 14 STARTING ROSTER REQUIREMENTS
(7 OFFENSE AND 7 DEFENSE):

Offense
1Quarterback
1 Running Back

1 Wide Receiver #1
1 Wide Receiver #2
1 Tight End
1 Swing Position (Running Back, Wide Receiver or Tight End)
1 FG Kicker


Defense
1 Cornerback
1 Safety
1 Linebacker
1 Defensive Lineman #1 (DE or DT)
1 Defensive Lineman #2 (DE or DT)
1 Rover Position (Any defensive position other than punter)
1 Punter

Friday, July 3, 2009

Free Agency 101

FREE AGENCY PERIOD START August 1st at 10am

HOW TO BID
Free Agent Bidding Period is 10:00a.m. Saturdays thru 8:00:59pm on Thursdays
All teams will be able to offer contracts to free agents from 1 to 4 years by clicking the "SUBMIT FREE AGENT BID" button on the league headquarters page or team website. All franchises get an unlimited number of 1, 2 and 3 year contracts to offer within the 55 salary caps years allowed. However, each team is only allowed to offer 3 (4 year) contracts a year.

MATCHING PERIOD
Between 8:01pm on Thursday thru 8:00:59pm on Friday teams can submit matching bids on players already bid on (Cannot bid higher on players and cannot submit new bids during matching period) .

H-LIST
The H-List stands for Free Agent Hierarchy List. This is a rotating list of all the teams. Teams are rotated to the bottom of the list after a free agent bid is awarded. If a team does not win a free agent bid, they will remain at their same location on the H-List The higher you are on the list, the better chance of winning a free agent bid or better chance of matching on a bid. If you are higher on the list than the team bidding on a player, you will win a match unless someone higher matches also.

SHENANIGANS
Replacement players will be awarded to a team owner who is the highest bidder on a player prior to or by 5:59:59pm on Thursdays and who is outbid between 6:00pm and 8:00:59pm on the same Thursday. Also, replacement players will be awarded to a team owner who is the original bidder on a player that is placed between 6:00pm and 8:00:59pm on Thursday, and is outbid between 6:00pm and 8:00:59pm on Thursday.