League Finances:

• Amateur drafts Round 1 will be held live. Those GM’s not able to attend LIVE for round 1 should submit a list for their pick. Rounds 2-7 will be done using lists, any team not appearing live or submitting a list in any round 1-7 will have the CPU pick for them. Rounds 8-10 will be all CPU picks.

• Salary cap is set a $80,000,000. Teams are not allowed to exceed the cap in free agency. Teams may exceed the cap when calling up minor leaguers or making trades. Teams that exceed the cap in the regular season receive a one sim warning (on the message board and email). Teams that remain over cap for a second sim are fined 2x the amount they are over the cap and the player that put the team over the cap is declared a free agent.

• Sim schedule will be posted in advance as availabilty to predict the schedule is allowed. There will be 4-5 sims per week, 7 game-days per sim. 3 games per sim during playoffs. 2 per sim for World Series.

• Roster Exports are due by sim time.

• Free Agency during the off-season will be handled in game with GM’s exporting their bids via the free agency screen. We will be starting at day 26.

• Free Agency during the season will be handled on the forum with teams posting their offers. Each subsequent bid must be at least 10% higher than the previous bid. When a player is released into FA during the season the player will be left in free Agency for ONE complete SIM while the commissioner receives offers from GM’s via the forum. The highest bid offer, after 24 hours real-time has passed with no new bids, gets the player as long as the player accepts the terms in game.

• You can trade players, rookie draft picks, and available cash. All trade must contain at least one player from both teams.

• You can only trade rookie draft picks from the next draft.

• Players signed during the Free Agency period may not be traded until after the All Star Break

• Trades must be posted and confirmed by both teams on the message board.

• Once trades are announced and confirmed, they will be processed immediately following the next sim.

• If a player involved in a trade is injured the team receiving that player may void the trade.

• The Trading Deadline is July 31st.

• Waiver trading (trading between August 1 and August 30) NOT ALLOWED.

  Contract Extensions:

  • Contract extensions will now be using the 3 strike rule (only 3 offers allowed to a particular player).
  • Contract Extentions - All contract extention offers should be made on the message board.
  • Once a player has turned down 3 offers he will not accept further offers from the offering team for the remainder of the season and will become a free agent after the season. If the player is traded after 3 strikes the new team will have 3 strikes to sign him.
  • Contract extensions are limited to 4 seasons.
  • If a player asks for more then 4 seasons in their demands, they can be offered a contract for more than 4 seasons but the agreed upon contract will be edited in the next off-season to a 4 year deal.

  Designate for Assignment Rules:

  • Players can be placed on the Designate for Assignment list during the season
  • Players can be left on the list for 15 days (in game)
  • If a player is left on the list after they have exhausted those 15 days (2 sims) they will be released. (NOTE: This does not apply in preseason)

  Outright Releases:

  • Post on forum.

  Waiver Rule:

  • Waivers will be handled in game. If you want to waive or claim a waiver player you will do it in game.

  Season Advance:

  • We will advance as soon as possible after completing the World Series. Teams not in World Series should make every effort to complete all business by the end of the first WS sim. The Commissioner will verify from World Series GM’s that they have concluded their business, or wait 24 hours from last sim to advance, whichever is quickest. Commissioner will handle last minute requests from GM’s if received while waiting for either condition to be met, but will not wait for them. Commissioner will double check minor league FA’s to ensure no 3 blue star players or above are about to be released into FA pool due to a GM’s lack of attention.