FA Rules

[Southern Smoke- ATL GM]

TEAM RANKINGS
Ranking
1.New England Patriots
2.Philadelphia Eagles
3.Pittsburgh Steelers
4.Atlanta Falcons
5.Indianapolis Colts
6.San Diego Chargers
7.Seattle Seahawks
8.New York Jets
9.Green Bay Packers
10.Denver Broncos
11.Minnesota Vikings
12.Baltimore Ravens
13.Jaxsonville Jaguars
14.Buffalo Bills
15.Carolina Panthers
16.St Louis Rams
17.Cincinnati Bengals
18.Detriot Lions
19.Houston Texans
20.Oakland Raiders
21.Kansas City Chiefs
22.New Orleans Saints
23.Washington Redskins
24.Arizona Cardinals
25.New York Giants
26.Chicago Bears
27.Tampa Bay Bucs
28.Dallas Cowboys
29.Cleveland Browns
30.Miami Dolphins
31.Tennessee Titans
32.San Francisco 49ers

Points
32, New England Patriots
31, Philadelphia Eagles
30, Pittsburgh Steelers
29, Atlanta Falcons
28, Indianapolis Colts
27, San Diego Chargers
26, Seattle Seahawks
25, New York Jets
24, Green Bay Packers
23, Denver Broncos
22, Minnesota Vikings
21, Baltimore Ravens
20, Jaxsonville Jaguars
19, Buffalo Bills
18, Carolina Panthers
17, St Louis Rams
16, Cincinnati Bengals
15, Detriot Lions
14, Houston Texans
13, Oakland Raiders
12, Kansas City Chiefs
11, New Orleans Saints
10, Washington Redskins
9, Arizona Cardinals
8, New York Giants
7, Chicago Bears
6, Tampa Bay Bucs
5, Dallas Cowboys
4, Cleveland Browns
3, Miami Dolphins
2, Tennessee Titans
1, San Francisco 49ers

Standard form of offer:
Topic Title: (player) (posistion)
Inside: The (team) offer (player) , (Offer here)

Example:
Title: Andre McLaughlin- RB
Inside: The Falcons offer Andre, 4 years, 3 Million, and a 1.3 Million Signing Bonus

[Southern Smoke- ATL GM]

Rundown, sorry, I'm one who likes it neat. Just about all rules and regulations will be kept in here.

I. The Basics
II. The Cap
A. Cap Management
B. Team Cap Numbers
III. Free Agents



I. The Basics
Ok, here is how free agency will work.

Each team will be ranked (see team franchise rankings thread for team rankings), and the higher the ranking, the more a team wants to go there.
Each team will have a ranking 1-32 and the team ranked number one will have 32 points helping them in free agency. One team can outbid another because of there Cap Room, but the other team having a higher ranking, or prestiger will make the free agent want to go there more, even for less money.
Example...
Plaxico Burress may get an offer of 1.5 Million per year by the Patriots, and 2 million per year by the 49'ers, and choose to go with the Patriots, because of the teams prestige.
But if the 49'ers offer him enough, he will go to the 9'ers even though they are not as good a franchise. The better your franchise gets, the more a person will want to go there.

After you offer a deal to a free agent, other teams have 3 days to respond and make a counter offer. The deals will end 3 days after the first offer, unless there is an offer the last day, and then that offer has to wait a day, etc. Until no one makes an offer for a day past 3 days.

Ask questions, and I will answer your question, and make this so it is explained better.
The more questions, the better this will be made.


II. The Cap
A. Cap hit is easy to figure out, when you sign someone:
s= salary
b= bonus
y=# of years
(s + b)/y= Amount Spent
Take this Amount and subtract it from your total to figure out how much you have left.

If your cap is negative, ignore the negative, add that number, and then tack the negative back on.

B. (will be posted in a double post)

III.Free Agents/Resigning/Releasing
A. Resigning
-We will not be allowing reconstructing of a players contract. To many variables go into what a player wants.
B. Releasing
-It is easy to figure out multiply y x b, and if there is no bonus (acquired by trade), divide s by y, take this number, and add it to your cap.

**When releasing, if you do not have Madden 2005, please say so in your post, or title, it helps, so we can assess Cap hits sooner.

[RManske2]

If the thread is locked where there is a FA and no other team has made an offer, does this mean that the FA has been signed by the team that made the only offer? I just want to check on this before I update my roster. Thanks a lot...

[Southern Smoke- ATL GM]

Yes