2013 RULES: End of Year Transaction Dates
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:12 am
I need to hard code in some of our deadlines so that I don't have to try to remember how we did them before (as well as complete more comprehensive league rules documents), and that way things will automatically happen on time even if I get too busy.
Thinking of setting the hard stop date for free agency to always be as soon as the regular season ends after week 17. That prevents any playoff altering implications if teams dump high quality players after their regular season is over, as well as prevents teams from signing guys off practice squads when less teams are around with their season over, trying to cut players and re-sign for less while fewer watching, etc.
This is supported through real-life examples I believe like 49ers cutting Brandon Jacobs after the regular season ended but playoff teams couldn't add him to their rosters until after the playoffs ended. http://blogs.sacbee.com/49ers/archives/ ... acobs.html
Also thinking of having a hard date set on the calendar for final current salary cap transactions. With playoffs into February, thinking March 1st being the annual deadline where all roster moves frozen on March 1st before we switch over to the new year cap in March. That allows all teams to do a little roster cutting (only if they have salary cap room to do so and still fitting the full year paid salary plus any cap hit still within their cap) prior to free agency as NFL teams do I believe after the season prior to the new league year official starting.
Let me know if any thoughts on that otherwise or strong objections, but want to get stricter time frames down within the system for efficiency and consistency from year to year.
Thinking of setting the hard stop date for free agency to always be as soon as the regular season ends after week 17. That prevents any playoff altering implications if teams dump high quality players after their regular season is over, as well as prevents teams from signing guys off practice squads when less teams are around with their season over, trying to cut players and re-sign for less while fewer watching, etc.
This is supported through real-life examples I believe like 49ers cutting Brandon Jacobs after the regular season ended but playoff teams couldn't add him to their rosters until after the playoffs ended. http://blogs.sacbee.com/49ers/archives/ ... acobs.html
Also thinking of having a hard date set on the calendar for final current salary cap transactions. With playoffs into February, thinking March 1st being the annual deadline where all roster moves frozen on March 1st before we switch over to the new year cap in March. That allows all teams to do a little roster cutting (only if they have salary cap room to do so and still fitting the full year paid salary plus any cap hit still within their cap) prior to free agency as NFL teams do I believe after the season prior to the new league year official starting.
Let me know if any thoughts on that otherwise or strong objections, but want to get stricter time frames down within the system for efficiency and consistency from year to year.