Your bid is invalid regardless if the "timing" of it is correct or not. The Bid was not put in the correct format.
Bidding Process
-To sign an UFA, first post the players name, position, AND current team in the designated section along with your bid. This player will now be open to bidding from any owner. Bids are flat annual salary figures, therefore you cannot backload or frontload a salary. There will not be a limit in UNRESTRICTED free agency on how many times a team can place a bid, however, a bid cannot be rescinded. A bid must stand without being challenged for 24 hours before a free agent is won. Bids must up the previous bid by at least 0.1 points. The maximum bid on a player INVALID BIDS WILL BE DELETED AND DO NOT COUNT AGAINST THE CLOCK.
Proper Contract Offer: 3 years/$3.2M = 6.2 points
Invalid Bids are bids that have a wrong # of years, put the team over cap, put the team over the roster max, or use the RFA distinction incorrectly. (This includes forgetting to include the RFA distinction in your bid)
The MAX someone can bid on a player for one year is $12M, anything from $12-$24M must be for a minimum of 3 years and any bids over $24M must be for a minimum of 4 years. This will hopefully keep prices and franchise tags down so we don't end up having contracts like $23M+ for one year to steal competition from other teams due to a high amount of cap space. Keep in mind this will be for UFA and RFA.
Here is an example of some valid/invalid bids..
1 year/$13.5M - INVALID
1 year/$12M - VALID
2 years/$25M - INVALID
2 years/$16M - VALID
3 years/$22M - VALID
3 years/$27M - -VALID
IMPORTANT: YOU MAY NOT PLACE A BID ON A PLAYER IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE CAP TO TAKE IN HIS CONTRACT. YOU MAY NOT PLACE A BID WHILE ANTICIPATING A PLAYER RELEASE OR TRADE (UNLESS ITS POSTED BEFORE). IF YOU DONT HAVE THE CAP, DO NOT MAKE THE BID PERIOD. CAP SPACE THAT YOU HAVE ACQUIRED VIA TRADE DOES NOT BECOME AVAILABLE UNTIL THE TRADE HAS BEEN APPROVED. [/color]
Releasing a Player
To waive a player, type the player's name, contract and cap hit that you will be taking in and post in the appropriate section.
An owner will still be responsible for 25% of the waived player for the duration of the contract unless the player is picked up off the waiver wire. This is to ensure that owners do not place lucrative contract offers on unproven players. The owner who released the player will not be able to resign the released player for that entire season.
The team that waives the player will take a 25% of that players contract for each of that players years.
Example:
The Bills Waive
Mario Williams 6 MIL (2013) 2 MIL (2014) 12 Mil (2015) UFA (2016)
The Bills would take a cap hit of
25% of his 6 Million for 2013
25% of his 2 Million for 2014
25% of his 12 Million for 2015
Essentially the cap hit each year of the remaining players contract reflects that players yearly salary for each year he would have been signed.
To claim a player off waivers, reply to a waiver post with the word "claim". If more than one team, submits a claim for a player; the winner will be determined by the waiver order. A winner will be determined after 24 hours.
Restricted Free Agency
Restricted Free Agency will follow a closed bidding format. You may only bid once per player. Also, the owner of the player who has RFA status will be allowed to match the winning bid as long as he does so within a THREE DAY period. You may offer a MAXIMUM of four years to any RFA. If a team decides not to match the winning RFA bid then the team that won the bid will receive the player and give the other team draft pick(s) in compensation. Draft pick(s) compensation will be based on the type of tender placed on a particular player. Teams with RFAs may tender these players at the end of their contract.
*You do not need to offer a tender, a player becomes an UFA if you decline to offer him a tender*
Tender Prices
$455,000 tender -- 3rd round draft pick
$600,000 tender -- 2nd round draft pick.
$800,000 tender -- 1st round draft pick.
$1,100,000 tender -- 1st and 2nd round draft picks.
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