With the exception of the above restricted free agency process, all other free agents will be available in the below rounds.
Phase 1: Bids 12 stars and above, must hold the high bid for 24 hours to win the player
Phase 2: Bids 7 stars and above, must hold the high bid for 12 hours to win the player
Phase 3: Bids 3 stars and above, must hold the high bid for 12 hours to win the player
Phase 4: Bids 1 star and above, must hold the high bid for 8 hours to win the player
All free agent periods will open at 7 PM EST.
All players on the move tracker/free agent list document are eligible for bidding. You simply have to hold the high bid for the allotted time mentioned above and you will win the player.
Once the next round begins, no new players can be bid on in the previous round's thread. The previous round's thread will remain open only to conclude bidding on players that have not yet been held for the allotted time with no winner yet declared. The bids are not required to maintain in a specific range, only that they meet the minimum amount of each phase.
The final phase will be divided into two threads (Offense and Defense), and the bidding period will continue throughout the end of the process.
Bidding on Free Agents:
Given that the FM resets every season, all contracts are presented as one-year deals.
*You CANNOT bid on players without available cap space*
You must create cap space before placing the bid.
Should a team wish to bid on a player whom already has an active bid, they are required to search for the highest bid, quote it, and place a bid with a higher amount.
Additionally, player names MUST be spelled correctly, and the full teams names must be used. Failure to follow either of the guidelines will immediately nullify your bid.
General FA Rules:
Place ALL bids in the EXACT following format:
§ Team Name
§ Position Free Agent Name
§ Bid (# of stars)
Example:
Baltimore Ravens
FS Marcus Williams
15 Stars
NOTE: Only 1 bid per post. Multiple bids in the same post will be invalidated.
Absolutely no discussions in the FA thread. Teams can bid any amount on any player but only in increments of 0.5 Stars, with the minimum bid being 1.0 Star.
Editing posts is NOT permitted, and it carries a penalty. Any team caught with editing or deleting bids will be frozen from submitting new bids for 15 minutes. Deleting posts carries a similar penalty, a 15 minute sentence, but the penalty will be waved should the deleted post be resubmitted with the same monetary value.
Bid based only on what you wish to pay for the 2025 base salary (No signing bonuses, etc.).
Each team is permitted to match up to TWO upcoming home-team UFA signings. The caveats are: the player CANNOT be matched if their contract exceeds 6 Stars, and the intentions of potentially matching have to be publicly announced BEFORE the Phase 1 of the UFA process begins. The intention is required to be stated in the Tenders, Cuts and Restructures Thread. As with UFA bids, BOTH the team names and the player names have to be spelled correctly in the intention to match. Otherwise, the intention is nullified.
You are NOT married to the match. If the home-team target is paid more than you'd prefer, or if you're out of available cap space, you can simply choose to let them walk. Lastly, to minimize their effect on ongoing bids, each match needs to quote the highest bid and publicly declare the matching within the respective FA thread, no longer than 6 hours from the winning bid.
Phase 1: Bids 12 stars and above, must hold the high bid for 24 hours to win the player
Phase 2: Bids 7 stars and above, must hold the high bid for 12 hours to win the player
Phase 3: Bids 3 stars and above, must hold the high bid for 12 hours to win the player
Phase 4: Bids 1 star and above, must hold the high bid for 8 hours to win the player
All free agent periods will open at 7 PM EST.
All players on the move tracker/free agent list document are eligible for bidding. You simply have to hold the high bid for the allotted time mentioned above and you will win the player.
Once the next round begins, no new players can be bid on in the previous round's thread. The previous round's thread will remain open only to conclude bidding on players that have not yet been held for the allotted time with no winner yet declared. The bids are not required to maintain in a specific range, only that they meet the minimum amount of each phase.
The final phase will be divided into two threads (Offense and Defense), and the bidding period will continue throughout the end of the process.
Bidding on Free Agents:
Given that the FM resets every season, all contracts are presented as one-year deals.
*You CANNOT bid on players without available cap space*
You must create cap space before placing the bid.
Should a team wish to bid on a player whom already has an active bid, they are required to search for the highest bid, quote it, and place a bid with a higher amount.
Additionally, player names MUST be spelled correctly, and the full teams names must be used. Failure to follow either of the guidelines will immediately nullify your bid.
General FA Rules:
Place ALL bids in the EXACT following format:
§ Team Name
§ Position Free Agent Name
§ Bid (# of stars)
Example:
Baltimore Ravens
FS Marcus Williams
15 Stars
NOTE: Only 1 bid per post. Multiple bids in the same post will be invalidated.
Absolutely no discussions in the FA thread. Teams can bid any amount on any player but only in increments of 0.5 Stars, with the minimum bid being 1.0 Star.
Editing posts is NOT permitted, and it carries a penalty. Any team caught with editing or deleting bids will be frozen from submitting new bids for 15 minutes. Deleting posts carries a similar penalty, a 15 minute sentence, but the penalty will be waved should the deleted post be resubmitted with the same monetary value.
Bid based only on what you wish to pay for the 2025 base salary (No signing bonuses, etc.).
Each team is permitted to match up to TWO upcoming home-team UFA signings. The caveats are: the player CANNOT be matched if their contract exceeds 6 Stars, and the intentions of potentially matching have to be publicly announced BEFORE the Phase 1 of the UFA process begins. The intention is required to be stated in the Tenders, Cuts and Restructures Thread. As with UFA bids, BOTH the team names and the player names have to be spelled correctly in the intention to match. Otherwise, the intention is nullified.
You are NOT married to the match. If the home-team target is paid more than you'd prefer, or if you're out of available cap space, you can simply choose to let them walk. Lastly, to minimize their effect on ongoing bids, each match needs to quote the highest bid and publicly declare the matching within the respective FA thread, no longer than 6 hours from the winning bid.
