When do the salary cap penalties get exacted?

[Bylanta]

I am over the cap right now and don't know if that means I won't be able to sign my rookies on Friday. Are there certain points in time where a cap penalty happens?

[Hooper]

It'll still sign them, you'll just be over the cap. As far as the penalties, the game does it automatically. So I don't recall. I would assume during FA is ok. Training Camp and preseason are probably bad.

[Bylanta]

Apparently there is a stage called Pre-Training Camp. I just got violated to the tune of a 3rd round pick. What happened to stage 5?

[Dawgfan19]

Hooper indicate on the schedule that late FA4 and FA5 run together.

Also, be sure you get under the cap before the next sim. Otherwise, you will lose an additional 3rd round pick.

[Bylanta]

Yes, i did not see any stage 5 results in my transaction log. I also never saw a Pre-training camp stage on the schedule. I thought training camp was tomorrow, as indicated on the schedule.

[Hooper]

Pre-training camp isn't really a stage. It's just a time that the game does stuff. There is no time to export it or anything. Like I said, the game just does it automatically.