2024 RULES: Free Agency Bids (Backloaded/RB)

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Should back-loading and roster bonuses be removed from free agent bidding options?

BACK-LOADED: Remove as not used much and potential loopholes from ever paying player full salary
22
22%
BACK-LOADED: Keep it as option
13
13%
BACK-LOADED: Keep it as option but mark those to prevent from being able to be restructured additionally
9
9%
BACK-LOADED: Keep it and expand for even more options for contract flexibility like front-loading too
9
9%
ROSTER BONUS: Remove it to simplify things as essentially just additional salary for bidding purposes
13
13%
ROSTER BONUS: Keep it as real element in contracts to also have here and adds to our game with deadlines for annual RB payments
36
35%
 
Total votes: 102
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Re: 2024 RULES: Free Agency Bids (Backloaded/RB)

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Goodell wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:54 pm
JonC wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:00 pm Commish, would it be a heavy lift to add a block on restructuring for any backloaded contract in the programming?
No at the time of signing a back-loaded deal, it would just flip the switch saying it's restructured like we do with restructured contracts to prevent them from being restructured twice.
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Re: 2024 RULES: Free Agency Bids (Backloaded/RB)

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CONCLUSION: With free agency approaching next week (4/15), we'll keep back-loaded and roster bonus options, as well as see if we can also add front-loaded flexibility. To avoid some of the issues with back-loaded deals that could result in a player never being paid more than 50% of his bid salary for multiple seasons, we'll have back-loaded deals be checked that they cannot be restructured again as they are essentially a restructured deal from the start and we don't have contracts being restructured twice.
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