Cowboysfan1
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To those of you that were lucky enough to have cap space to win players in the 12 star minimum process, please update your SoF page.
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2023 Forum Mock: Discussion Thread
- Thread starter RavensMania
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Well, you did trade away Bailey Zappe, so you absolutely lost a star there.
DaCiderEarl
Veteran
Gotta say, one Team won the Zappe trade...the Pats
Thezone27
Ravens Ring of Honor
yeah, just parted ways with him after less than 2 weeks
FA bidding question:
The Rules state that you cannot bid on a FA without available Cap Space.
@Truth 's Chiefs upped my bid on a player to 15 Stars, 1 Star more than their currently available Stars of 14. While I understand the Rule of 51, I also understood the Bidding Rule to state that if you for example currently have 27 Stars available, you cannot bid any more than those currently available to you, which in this case would be 27, because we are not allowed to go into negative cap space even by a fraction of a second. Is that correct?
The Rules state that you cannot bid on a FA without available Cap Space.
@Truth 's Chiefs upped my bid on a player to 15 Stars, 1 Star more than their currently available Stars of 14. While I understand the Rule of 51, I also understood the Bidding Rule to state that if you for example currently have 27 Stars available, you cannot bid any more than those currently available to you, which in this case would be 27, because we are not allowed to go into negative cap space even by a fraction of a second. Is that correct?
You can go over per the rule of 51. Effective cap space is 1 star over (previously 0.5) and we’ve operated that way for years now
The above post encapsulates it. But the addition of any player pushes the last contract out of the 51. Given its automation, it's a simultaneous event. So it wouldn't require going into negative cap space because the newly signed player immediately creates another active contract.
Thanks for clarifying. I was under the impression that you could only bid what the SoF spits out to stay above the cap
I can't blame you at all. That one can seem tricky on the surface. If there was a required process with a reapplication of the funds prior to the signings, there would definitely be a conundrum. No doubt about it. But in these instances, one in a literal sense can't exist without the other, so you couldn't have the savings of an additional contract without the additional contract. So if it weren't permitted, for example, teams at the cap mark wouldn't even be permitted to sign a single UDFA. If that makes any sense.
Saints. Definitely the Saints
Ground rules for phase 2 tonight:
Once again, you must hold the high bid for 12 hours this round to win the player
Once this session opens, there will be no more new bids in the phase 1 thread
The minimum for phase 2 is 7 stars. If you get in a bidding war, the price can rise to any number.
No quoting winners this time. I will be deleting posts if you do so. Will indicate a win by a like. Just trying to keep the thread clean for bidding.
Once again, you must hold the high bid for 12 hours this round to win the player
Once this session opens, there will be no more new bids in the phase 1 thread
The minimum for phase 2 is 7 stars. If you get in a bidding war, the price can rise to any number.
No quoting winners this time. I will be deleting posts if you do so. Will indicate a win by a like. Just trying to keep the thread clean for bidding.
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I think you mean no more new bids. i.e. if there was still an open bid, in phase 1 when Phase 2 opened there could still be bids bids on those open players.