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Dynasty Football
Chapter 5 – Unrestricted Free Agency (UFA)
Overview
For new leagues, UFA will begin 7 days after the completion of the veteran draft. UFA will stay active until the end of the EFS regular season. For existing leagues, UFA will begin with the start of the EFS year (early January) and will be active until the end of the EFS regular season.
Eligibility
UFA is a method of adding talent to your roster by competing for the services of players not on any roster or waiver wire by submitting bids of salary and contract. The highest overall valued contract will win the services of the player.
A player is eligible for UFA if he is not actively on a roster or practice squad and is not eligible for the rookie draft (rookie draft eligibility only applies if your current year rookie draft has not been completed).
NOTE: Undrafted NFL rookies are not added to the UFA pool until after the NFL final cut down is completed and the NFL announces 53 man rosters.
Example:
Chad Hutchinson QB Dallas Cowboys was an undrafted rookie free agent. He was not eligible for UFA until after the Cowboys reduced their roster to the 53-player limit.
Submitting A Bid
To bid on a UFA, you will need to locate the player from the FA by position link found on the navigation bar under League Moves. You may also use the FA Bid List link, which lists players that have active UFA bids already assigned. If the player’s ID # is in blue, indicating a link, he is eligible to have a UFA bid placed. Clicking this link will take you to the UFA bid screen for that player.
All UFA’s require a minimum bid of .350M with a 1-year contract. The maximum opening bid is 3.0M for 5 years. The salary number can be increased with subsequent bids but the maximum contract length is always 5 years.
During the bidding process, salaries and contracts are calculated over the life of the contract and not on an individual year basis. Even though you enter the yearly salary for the bid, the system then takes that salary and multiplies it against the total contract length to come up with the total salary figure. The total salary is then used to determine which contract the player will accept during free agency.
The salary field is the dollar amount you wish to pay the player on a yearly basis. The contract field is the number of seasons you are willing to commit the salary figure for the player. To calculate total salary multiply salary times contract (salary * contract = total salary).
Example:
Brett Favre is available in UFA and Owner A bids 2.0M for 4 years. The total salary of the contract is calculated as 8.0M (2.0M * 4yrs). Owner B then placed a bid for 1.8M for 5 years. The total salary calculated as 9.0M (1.5 M* 5yrs). Under this scenario Brett Favre would go to Owner B because that total contract length would generate more money for the player.
Active vs. Practice Squad Bids--NEW FOR 2004—
Beginning with the 2004 season, EFS has added a new feature to the bidding process. All bids will now be required to be defined as a practice squad or active roster bid. The following is a definition of the two types of bids.
Practice Squad Bid – A practice squad (PS) bid is a bid for services where the player will be placed on the owner’s practice squad upon being awarded to the team. The player will still be able to be promoted to the active roster if necessary but begins his stay on the roster via the practice squad.
Active Roster Bid – An active roster bid is a bid for services where the player will be placed on the owner’s active roster upon being awarded to the team. The player will not be able to be demoted to the practice squad.
In the bidding process, there will be a hierarchy of bidding where an active roster bid can trump any practice squad bid regardless of the amount of money the active roster bid is. The philosophy behind this is that EFS believes that a player would rather be on the 53-man roster then the practice squad so the type of bid holds precedence over the amount of money of the bid.
Example:
Owner 01 bids 1.000 for 2 years on Jerry Rice WR Raiders. The bid is submitted as a practice squad bid and looks like this:
Player Jerry Rice
Position WR
Team Raiders
Salary 1.000
Contract 2
Total 2.0000
Owner 01
Award Date 2004-01-15
Bid Type PS
Later that day owner 02 raises the bid but continues to submit it as a practice squad bid. The bid history now looks like this:
Player Jerry Rice
Position WR
Team Raiders
Salary 2.000
Contract 2
Total 4.0000
Owner 01
Award Date 2004-01-15
Bid Type PS
Now, owner 01 comes back and raises the bid but this time he submits an active roster bid. The bid history now looks like this:
Player Jerry Rice
Position WR
Team Raiders
Salary .350
Contract 2
Total .7000
Owner 01
Award Date 2004-01-15
Bid Type Active
Player Jerry Rice
Position WR
Team Raiders
Salary 2.000
Contract 2
Total 4.0000
Owner 01
Award Date 2004-01-15
Bid Type PS
Player Jerry Rice
Position WR
Team Raiders
Salary 1.000
Contract 2
Total 2.0000
Owner 01
Award Date 2004-01-15
Bid Type PS
As you can see from the bid history, the .350 active roster bid is considered higher then the 2.000 practice squad bid due to the fact that the player will now be awarded to a 53-man roster. If owner 02 were to attempt to raise the bid again, he would now have to submit an active roster bid to supercede the current high bid.
Reminder: The practice squad consists of eight players. If you exceed this number, your roster will be considered invalid and you will not be able to bid on any more free agents until you reduce your practice squad to a legal number of players.
NOTE: Beginning week 11 of the NFL season, any UFA acquired with a 1-year contract will not be eligible for RFA in February. These players will immediately return to the UFA pool at the beginning of the new season when their contract is reduced from 1 year to zero. This is to prevent owners from acquiring players for the sole purpose of garnering compensation in RFA. This will also assist owners who are making a playoff push to find fill in players due to late season injuries.
There is no limit to the number of times an owner may bid on a player. Bids must be increased by at least 10% over the previous total dollar amount. The screen provides the entire bidding history of the player as well as default 10% increase bids for each contract denomination to help you calculate the next highest available bid.
Off-season - UFA’s are awarded 96 hours after the last bid has been placed. If you wish to raise a bid, you must do so before the 96 hour time limit expires on the highest outstanding bid.
In season – UFA’s are awarded based on a 24 time limit. This is to allow proper allocation prior to game time each week.
--New for 2004—
If you decide to raise your own bid in free agency, the timestamp of the bid will not change. This rule change is in effect to prevent owners from trying to prevent a player from clearing UFA by raising the bid just to extend the time of when the player will clear UFA. As long as different owners are assuming the high bid, the timestamp will continue to reflect the change in bidding.
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