Post by Cardinals GM (Wood) on Jan 18, 2014 14:37:29 GMT -6
Amnesty Clauses will work as follows:
-Every current owner will receive one (1) amnesty clause.
-Every new owner who joins the league will receive an amnesty clause to use.
-This amnesty clause can be used to release any player on your team, with either no, or a lowered cap penalty. If the player's salary is below or equal to $20M a year, you will not need to pay anything after amnestying him. If the player costs over $20M per season, you will pay 50% of all salary above $20M for the duration of the contract. For example, if I have a player for $32M signed through 2014, I would owe $6M through 2014 after amnestying him.
-After being amnestied, a player will go to waivers. If he costs under $20M and is claimed, the claiming owner will owe him all of his salary. If he costs over $20M, the claiming owner will be responsible for all salary that the waiving owner is not paying. For example, after amnestying my $32M player, if he is claimed the claiming owner would owe him $26M a season.
-If the player goes unclaimed, he will become a normal FA to be bid on.
-Amnesty clauses are not tradable.
-Once you've used your amnesty clause you will not receive another one, so be smart about it.
Developing Players(DP)
There are two different processes for Free Agents during the season. For Developing Players, there will essentially be a waiver process. If there is an unowned DP that you want (must be playing in the majors with fewer than 6 years of experience). Their will be a Waiver Wire Thread for Waiver Claims and Releases. (Please See Waiver Wire.)
Waiving a Player
Any player may be waived from your team. If the contract is an MLB contract/FA Contract, each year you will be responsible for 50% of the difference in the contract you owed.
All players who are in their first through sixth years of experience have non-guaranteed contracts or a Developing Player(DP). This means you can release them, at any time, without penalty.
Retirement
If a player retires on a real-life contract, then you will not owe him money. However, if you signed the player in free agency in the league, you will owe 50% of the contract each year for the remainder of the contract.
Waiver Wire
1) The waiver order to start off with will be the reverse of last season's final standings.
2) When a player is waived, he will enter waivers for the next 48 hours. If you wish to put in a claim for that player, you need to put a claim on them and they will be moved to the appropriate thread.
3) The team with the highest placement on the waiver order that claims a player will win that player, and then move to last place in the waiver order.
4) If you win a claim on a player you will pay half (50%) of the player's salary (the waiving team pays the other half still).
5) If a player goes through waivers unclaimed, he will become a normal FA and will be bid on as such.
6) In order for a player to "go through unclaimed," you need to place a thread in the waivers stating the you are not claiming. If the player then passes through the 48 hours unclaimed he will become a FA.
7) If you send several claims at once, you need to list what your order of priority on each player is.
8) You are not allowed to go over the cap when claiming players.
-Every current owner will receive one (1) amnesty clause.
-Every new owner who joins the league will receive an amnesty clause to use.
-This amnesty clause can be used to release any player on your team, with either no, or a lowered cap penalty. If the player's salary is below or equal to $20M a year, you will not need to pay anything after amnestying him. If the player costs over $20M per season, you will pay 50% of all salary above $20M for the duration of the contract. For example, if I have a player for $32M signed through 2014, I would owe $6M through 2014 after amnestying him.
-After being amnestied, a player will go to waivers. If he costs under $20M and is claimed, the claiming owner will owe him all of his salary. If he costs over $20M, the claiming owner will be responsible for all salary that the waiving owner is not paying. For example, after amnestying my $32M player, if he is claimed the claiming owner would owe him $26M a season.
-If the player goes unclaimed, he will become a normal FA to be bid on.
-Amnesty clauses are not tradable.
-Once you've used your amnesty clause you will not receive another one, so be smart about it.
Developing Players(DP)
There are two different processes for Free Agents during the season. For Developing Players, there will essentially be a waiver process. If there is an unowned DP that you want (must be playing in the majors with fewer than 6 years of experience). Their will be a Waiver Wire Thread for Waiver Claims and Releases. (Please See Waiver Wire.)
Waiving a Player
Any player may be waived from your team. If the contract is an MLB contract/FA Contract, each year you will be responsible for 50% of the difference in the contract you owed.
All players who are in their first through sixth years of experience have non-guaranteed contracts or a Developing Player(DP). This means you can release them, at any time, without penalty.
Retirement
If a player retires on a real-life contract, then you will not owe him money. However, if you signed the player in free agency in the league, you will owe 50% of the contract each year for the remainder of the contract.
Waiver Wire
1) The waiver order to start off with will be the reverse of last season's final standings.
2) When a player is waived, he will enter waivers for the next 48 hours. If you wish to put in a claim for that player, you need to put a claim on them and they will be moved to the appropriate thread.
3) The team with the highest placement on the waiver order that claims a player will win that player, and then move to last place in the waiver order.
4) If you win a claim on a player you will pay half (50%) of the player's salary (the waiving team pays the other half still).
5) If a player goes through waivers unclaimed, he will become a normal FA and will be bid on as such.
6) In order for a player to "go through unclaimed," you need to place a thread in the waivers stating the you are not claiming. If the player then passes through the 48 hours unclaimed he will become a FA.
7) If you send several claims at once, you need to list what your order of priority on each player is.
8) You are not allowed to go over the cap when claiming players.
