2021 Early Free Agency Stage 3 Done

[Suicane]

Draft will start tomorrow evening around 7ish (as soon as the stage gets run). So be prepared.

[dthompso8]

not great for those of us in the UK or other parts of Europe though...

Note 7pm is midnight in the UK and most people will be back at work making the 1st round of the draft a non event ... hate drafting using a queue for the 1st round at least......

[BOSS]

Tulsa's contract for Hasting's is illegal.

[Suicane]

Yes it is. It will be voided in tomorrows sim.

[Matt]

Tulsa's contract for Hasting's is illegal.

beat me to it!!!!!!!!!!!

[Suicane]

not great for those of us in the UK or other parts of Europe though...

Note 7pm is midnight in the UK and most people will be back at work making the 1st round of the draft a non event ... hate drafting using a queue for the 1st round at least......

Yes, but the clock will stop overnight and restart at 8am here which leaves just a few work hours and a 4 hour draft window for you guys. I understand that certain times won't be ideal for some people and normally and ideally we'd have a weekend draft but that just wasn't viable this time around.

[Matt]

Most Noteworthy Signings

	PEN	QB Adrian Debussy (69/69)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Los Angeles	2yrs, $40.0M
	MAD	OLB Ike Cook (61/61)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Louisiana	2yrs, $18.0M
	TEX	CB Jessie Stephenson (34/51)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Georgia	2yrs, $11.3M
	TUL	ILB Herman Hastings (18/23)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Oakland	2yrs, $20.8M
	MAD	G Alex Kirk (52/57)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Orlando	2yrs, $8.0M

[Matt]

Latest Transactions

NEW SIGNINGS

	Chicago Crusaders	WR Nick Dalan	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Hartford	2 years, $2,460,000
	Chicago Crusaders	RB Robbie Francis	Resigned as an unrestricted free agent	2 years, $2,700,000
	Chicago Crusaders	TE Tyrone Mueller	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Houston	2 years, $2,950,000
	Chicago Crusaders	OLB Julio Wheeler	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Newark	2 years, $4,280,000
	Cleveland Clawz	WR Scottie Kirk	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Oakland	3 years, $12,750,000
	Little Rock Toads	WR Marshall Norris	Resigned as an unrestricted free agent	1 year, $1,300,000
	Norfolk Vipers	ILB Otis Ramczyk	Resigned as an unrestricted free agent	2 years, $2,240,000
	Newark Bulldogs	OLB Roman Lofton	Resigned as an unrestricted free agent	2 years, $1,650,000
	Orlando Pirates	S Don Streets	Resigned as an unrestricted free agent	1 year, $1,150,000
	Pennsylvania Lions	QB Adrian Debussy	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Los Angeles	2 years, $40,030,000
	Portland Seals	DT Earnest Raven	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Los Angeles	3 years, $2,550,000
	Reno Wolfpack	WR Rod Cazares	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Norfolk	2 years, $3,000,000
	Reno Wolfpack	C Troy Grider	Signed as free agent	1 year, $520,000
	Reno Wolfpack	RB Aaron Henry	Resigned as an unrestricted free agent	2 years, $2,250,000
	Reno Wolfpack	S Vernon Mitchell	Signed as free agent	2 years, $2,250,000
	Reno Wolfpack	DT Darrell Richard	Signed as free agent	2 years, $2,510,000
	St. Louis Cardinals	K Ian Hitchcock	Resigned as an unrestricted free agent	1 year, $920,000
	Texas Trojans	WR Joey Kelly	Resigned as an unrestricted free agent	1 year, $1,050,000
	Texas Trojans	CB Jessie Stephenson	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Georgia	2 years, $11,290,000
	Tulsa TigerHawks	DE Stan Berry	Resigned as an unrestricted free agent	1 year, $920,000
	Tulsa TigerHawks	S Ernie Compton	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Little Rock	2 years, $3,230,000
	Tulsa TigerHawks	ILB Herman Hastings	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Oakland	2 years, $20,840,000
	Tulsa TigerHawks	TE Heath Johnstone	Resigned as an unrestricted free agent	2 years, $3,620,000
	Vermont Mountaineers	OLB Jamie McDaniel	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Iowa City	2 years, $4,710,000
	Vermont Mountaineers	WR Terry Reilly	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Montreal	1 year, $960,000
	Wichita Outlaws	DE Jimmie OBrien	Resigned as an unrestricted free agent	1 year, $1,020,000
	West Virginia Beasts	CB Perry Mincey	Resigned as an unrestricted free agent	3 years, $3,070,000
	West Virginia Beasts	WR Bart Shepard	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Lawrence	2 years, $2,210,000

RENEGOTIATIONS ACCEPTED

	Cleveland Clawz	TE Donny Bressany	5 years, $27,490,000
	Cleveland Clawz	G Alfred Brickner	5 years, $13,700,000
	Cleveland Clawz	DE Earl Caldwell	3 years, $10,400,000
	Cleveland Clawz	CB Anthony Cantwell	4 years, $22,230,000
	Cleveland Clawz	WR Dana Capuco	3 years, $3,320,000
	Cleveland Clawz	RB Sherman Elliott	3 years, $2,520,000
	Cleveland Clawz	FB Phillip Francis	3 years, $3,560,000
	Cleveland Clawz	G Jose Fugate	2 years, $1,570,000
	Cleveland Clawz	G Sammy Greer	3 years, $6,110,000
	Cleveland Clawz	ILB Wally Hastings	3 years, $3,450,000
	Cleveland Clawz	DT J.J. Johnson	2 years, $5,090,000
	Cleveland Clawz	T Rusty Lane	6 years, $36,120,000
	Cleveland Clawz	C Butch Parker	3 years, $6,470,000
	Cleveland Clawz	QB Corey Perkins	5 years, $37,420,000
	Cleveland Clawz	QB Perry Porter	3 years, $2,510,000
	Cleveland Clawz	QB Gus Rome	3 years, $3,110,000
	Cleveland Clawz	OLB Marco Strobel	3 years, $8,460,000
	Cleveland Clawz	RB Dennis Valdez	3 years, $2,510,000
	Cleveland Clawz	WR Raymond Vaughn	4 years, $12,150,000
	Cleveland Clawz	ILB Toby Wampler	3 years, $6,640,000
	Cleveland Clawz	WR Ralph Weiser	5 years, $17,500,000
	Cleveland Clawz	K Hugh Whiting	2 years, $3,540,000
	Cleveland Clawz	DT Adam Williams	3 years, $3,000,000
	Fresno Warthogs	TE Terrell Sperg	3 years, $6,460,000
	Hartford Whalers	S Typail Calderon	3 years, $6,080,000
	Hartford Whalers	T Craig Codeke	3 years, $5,480,000
	Hartford Whalers	S Derek Crooks	2 years, $1,570,000
	Hartford Whalers	RB J.C. Devine	2 years, $1,490,000
	Hartford Whalers	T Graham Donovan	3 years, $12,240,000
	Hartford Whalers	WR Kerry Fleischer	3 years, $2,470,000
	Hartford Whalers	ILB Pat Foley	3 years, $2,980,000
	Hartford Whalers	WR Earnest Goldberg	3 years, $14,790,000
	Hartford Whalers	QB Donnie Johnston	5 years, $55,000,000
	Hartford Whalers	G Earnest Leathers	4 years, $20,120,000
	Hartford Whalers	S Darnell Malicki	2 years, $2,090,000
	Hartford Whalers	RB Roman Peckham	2 years, $5,860,000
	Hartford Whalers	S Brant Phillips	2 years, $3,360,000
	Hartford Whalers	G Brady Sluiter	2 years, $1,490,000
	Hartford Whalers	G Shaun Talaridou	2 years, $1,490,000
	Houston Renegades	S Adrian Janes	3 years, $4,660,000
	Lawrence Phantoms	DT C.J. Reeves	2 years, $9,950,000
	Lawrence Phantoms	T Derek Rezac	5 years, $61,040,000
	Lawrence Phantoms	C Jeff Swasey	5 years, $33,510,000
	Montreal Firebirds	G Jeffrey Hatcher	4 years, $23,870,000
	Norfolk Vipers	OLB Alan Boone	3 years, $2,550,000
	Norfolk Vipers	S Winston Nissly	3 years, $14,760,000
	Norfolk Vipers	T William Schultz	3 years, $2,580,000
	Norfolk Vipers	CB Bryant Stevenson	3 years, $4,580,000
	Orlando Pirates	G Mickey Dahnke	3 years, $18,120,000
	Orlando Pirates	S Cary Denning	3 years, $8,380,000
	Orlando Pirates	TE Jose Hoffman	3 years, $10,510,000
	Orlando Pirates	DE Dean Trapp	3 years, $20,120,000
	Orlando Pirates	DE R.J. Walton	3 years, $26,950,000
	Orlando Pirates	QB Ed Wilkins	5 years, $66,030,000
	Salt Lake City Stallions	ILB Johnny Hardy	3 years, $6,530,000
	Salt Lake City Stallions	RB Bryant Turner	2 years, $16,830,000
	Salt Lake City Stallions	DE Barry Wilson	2 years, $2,980,000
	St. Louis Cardinals	DE Donovan Malone	3 years, $8,000,000
	St. Louis Cardinals	T Ben Peters	5 years, $18,470,000
	St. Louis Cardinals	CB T.J. Rocco	6 years, $81,000,000
	Vancouver Killer Whales	WR Jonathan Mazurek	2 years, $3,460,000
	West Virginia Beasts	C Randy Ellard	2 years, $9,440,000

RESTRICTED FREE AGENT SIGNINGS

	Houston Renegades	RB Wally Shepherd	2 years, $1,410,000
	Houston Renegades	T Rich Stein	2 years, $1,600,000
	Iowa City Snipe Hunters	S Maurice Kerr	1 year, $610,000
	Iowa City Snipe Hunters	CB Johnnie Lowe	1 year, $610,000
	Iowa City Snipe Hunters	DT Lorenzo Pemberton	2 years, $1,540,000
	Iowa City Snipe Hunters	DE Karl Sandlin	1 year, $520,000
	Murfreesboro Mules	S Irving Cole	2 years, $2,170,000
	Murfreesboro Mules	T Gino Copeland	1 year, $1,300,000
	Reno Wolfpack	OLB Roderick Bridges	2 years, $1,400,000
	Reno Wolfpack	S Britt Clancy	2 years, $1,440,000
	Reno Wolfpack	T Adam DeVane	1 year, $520,000
	Reno Wolfpack	TE Roosevelt Hogenmiller	2 years, $1,340,000
	Reno Wolfpack	WR Ronald Randle	2 years, $1,140,000
	Reno Wolfpack	WR Ray Rossini	1 year, $930,000
	Reno Wolfpack	C Chad Stemke	2 years, $1,140,000
	Wichita Outlaws	P Craig Cunningham	1 year, $800,000
	West Virginia Beasts	TE Dean Compton	2 years, $1,540,000
	West Virginia Beasts	OLB Ron Daileader	2 years, $1,550,000
	West Virginia Beasts	QB Dale Gaudino	2 years, $1,580,000

PLAYER TRADES

	Los Angeles Matadors	QB Norman Barlow	Received player in trade from St. Louis
	Texas Trojans	QB J.B. Fogarty	Received player in trade from Los Angeles

DRAFT PICK TRADES

	Georgia Generals	2021 Round 1 pick.	Received draft pick in trade from Little Rock
	Los Angeles Matadors	2021 Round 4 pick.	Received draft pick in trade from Texas
	Little Rock Toads	2021 Round 2 pick.	Received draft pick in trade from Georgia
	Little Rock Toads	2021 Round 1 pick.	Received draft pick in trade from Georgia
	St. Louis Cardinals	2021 Round 1 pick.	Received draft pick in trade from Los Angeles
	St. Louis Cardinals	2022 Round 1 pick.	Received draft pick in trade from Los Angeles
	St. Louis Cardinals	2021 Round 1 pick.	Received draft pick in trade from Los Angeles
	St. Louis Cardinals	2022 Round 2 pick.	Received draft pick in trade from Los Angeles

CONTRACTS REJECTED

	Anchorage Lynx	ILB Herman Hastings	2 years, $16,100,000
	Cleveland Clawz	WR Dustin Hastings	3 years, $14,600,000
	Cleveland Clawz	TE Tyrone Mueller	3 years, $3,760,000
	Fresno Warthogs	QB Teddy Lara	3 years, $3,300,000
	Hartford Whalers	WR Nick Dalan	3 years, $3,440,000
	Hartford Whalers	TE Corwin Davidson	2 years, $2,000,000
	Hartford Whalers	RB Charlie Maxwell	2 years, $2,520,000
	Hartford Whalers	OLB Marc Rogers	2 years, $2,000,000
	Hartford Whalers	S Brant Tankersley	2 years, $2,000,000
	Houston Renegades	TE Tyrone Mueller	2 years, $2,700,000
	Iowa City Snipe Hunters	QB Adrian Debussy	2 years, $30,000,000
	Iowa City Snipe Hunters	ILB Herman Hastings	3 years, $19,120,000
	Iowa City Snipe Hunters	OLB Jamie McDaniel	2 years, $4,100,000
	Iowa City Snipe Hunters	OLB Julio Wheeler	2 years, $3,600,000
	Los Angeles Matadors	QB Walter Upshaw	2 years, $3,090,000
	Lawrence Phantoms	G Donny Williamson	2 years, $2,330,000
	Louisiana Voodoo	ILB Herman Hastings	2 years, $12,540,000
	Little Rock Toads	S Ernie Compton	1 years, $1,160,000
	Little Rock Toads	ILB Herman Hastings	2 years, $11,360,000
	Montreal Firebirds	S Everett Rose	3 years, $12,050,000
	Murfreesboro Mules	T Rod Gorton	1 years, $2,540,000
	Murfreesboro Mules	WR Scottie Kirk	2 years, $3,920,000
	Norfolk Vipers	WR Mo Bauer	3 years, $11,000,000
	Norfolk Vipers	DT Damon Ellard	5 years, $68,000,000
	Norfolk Vipers	G Donald Fletcher	3 years, $11,080,000
	Norfolk Vipers	WR Martin King	3 years, $8,510,000
	Norfolk Vipers	OLB Jamie McDaniel	2 years, $4,200,000
	Norfolk Vipers	K Chuck Morris	4 years, $13,110,000
	Norfolk Vipers	CB Jessie Stephenson	2 years, $7,500,000
	Newark Bulldogs	WR Rod Cazares	1 years, $1,090,000
	Newark Bulldogs	ILB Herman Hastings	2 years, $15,570,000
	Newark Bulldogs	WR Scottie Kirk	2 years, $1,650,000
	Newark Bulldogs	WR Terry Reilly	1 years, $810,000
	Newark Bulldogs	OLB Julio Wheeler	2 years, $3,180,000
	Pennsylvania Lions	CB Jessie Stephenson	3 years, $11,080,000
	Portland Seals	CB Jessie Stephenson	3 years, $5,390,000
	Reno Wolfpack	DT Doug Cook	2 years, $1,280,000
	Salt Lake City Stallions	DE D.J. Hill	2 years, $2,840,000
	Salt Lake City Stallions	DT Jake Wilcox	2 years, $2,400,000
	Texas Trojans	ILB Herman Hastings	2 years, $16,210,000
	Tulsa TigerHawks	WR Scottie Kirk	2 years, $5,790,000
	Tulsa TigerHawks	OLB Jamie McDaniel	2 years, $4,310,000
	Tulsa TigerHawks	TE Tyrone Mueller	2 years, $3,330,000
	Vancouver Killer Whales	WR Ben Helm	2 years, $3,200,000
	Vancouver Killer Whales	TE Tyrone Mueller	2 years, $2,540,000
	Vancouver Killer Whales	OLB Julio Wheeler	1 years, $1,180,000
	Vermont Mountaineers	CB Jessie Stephenson	3 years, $11,500,000
	Vermont Mountaineers	S Don Streets	1 years, $1,160,000
	Wichita Outlaws	TE Heath Johnstone	1 years, $950,000
	Wichita Outlaws	TE Tyrone Mueller	2 years, $2,800,000

RELEASED PLAYERS

	Houston Renegades	S Moe Spillman
	Orlando Pirates	QB Herman Booker
	Orlando Pirates	OLB Willie Ward
	Reno Wolfpack	T Chuck Easterling

PLACED ON INJURED RESERVE

West Virginia Beasts

WR Larry Farr

POSITION CHANGES

	Houston Renegades	OLB Wade Robbins	Primary position changed from WLB to SLB.
	Houston Renegades	CB Karl Negrete	Primary position changed from RCB to LCB.
	Houston Renegades	CB Andre Rosow	Primary position changed from LCB to RCB.
	Houston Renegades	CB Andre Rosow	Primary position changed from RCB to LCB.
	Los Angeles Matadors	DT T.J. Clayton	Primary position changed from NT to LDT.

[Matt]

don't like when shitty teams cherry pick my vets.......grrrrrr

[tarcone]

Could you explain why Hastings contract is illegal?

Here is the rule:

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.


I have $9.66 mil in bonus money and $11.17 mil in contract.

Imm not sure what i am missing.

[Mike17]

You have more bonus than salary in the first year of his deal

[r00k]

Here is the rule:

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.

a prorated bonus comparison is made to the corresponding salary in each year, not the cum bonus amount to a cum salary amount.

[tarcone]

Needs to be more clearly stated. I read it as the bonus must exceed the contract.

[BOSS]

Tarc is actually right on this example.

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

It should be stated like this:

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


I never noticed it before til Tarc pointed it out. It needs changed...

[Mike17]

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).

Highlighted for emphasis