League rules on FA contracts?

[ukpatfan]

Guys,
I've hada quick look through and I can't see that there are any specific league rules on contract offers to FA's...

Is that right?
I'm just trying to make sure I stay legal when the bidding wars start.

[Coder]

There are indeed rules, I'll find a link soon. The most important is that you cannot give a bonus that exceeds the total amount of a contract for a one or two year offer.

For example, you've got a guy in mind and you're going to give him a two year offer.

If your base-salary contract is for 1 mil per year, the bonus cannot exceed 2 million in total, creating the following offer:

Bonus: 2 million
Base Year 1: 1 million
Base Year 2: 1 million

[JesterBlaze]

Here's the link: http://www.imperialfl.us/forums/showthread.php?t=9322

And the rule:

2. League Contract Rules

2a. Yearly Bonus Rule For One and Two Year Deals:
The yearly bonus amount in one-year AND two-year deals offered to free agents cannot exceed the yearly amount of salary. Here is an example of a contract that is illegal.

Total Bonus - 8 million
Year 1 Salary = 2 million, Year 1 Bonus = 4 million
Year 2 Salary = 2 million, Year 2 Bonus = 4 million

The maximum total bonus allowed with those salaries would be 4 million (two million in year 1 and year 2).

Any contract that violates this rule will be voided during the next sim.

2b. Franchise Tag Rule:
A player who is signed to a one-year deal as an unrestricted free agent the previous year cannot have the franchise tag slapped on him the season after the one-year deal is signed.

Any contract that violates this rule will be voided during the next sim.

Feel free to PM me at any time, David!

[ukpatfan]

Thank you guys.

Cheers JB....no doubt I'll be taking you up on that.
;-)

[Argot]

There's always the backloaded contract thing that doesn't have any parameters...just a know it when we see it kind of veto thing. **cough** Collela

[DakotaGeorge]

Im All In