UFA Rules:

When a bid has stood for 24 hours having not been raised, the player is then signed. This is how you calculate how many FA points you get: 5 + losses * 5 (tie = 1/2 of a loss). Standings are here:

https://madden09league.forummotion.com/2009-season-archives-f89/2008-2009-nfl-rankings-t1111.htm

So the Bills would have 50 points, Browns would have 32.5, etc.

There are a few types of free agency bids.

Needs bid -- This is a 0 point bid. You can only use a needs bid if you have a need at that position (aka you don't have enough players at the position, not that your players are bad). Needs bids may only be used on players rated below 70. If someone else wants to outbid, they can bid one point and you can't have the player for free anymore.

Practice Squad bid (PS bid) -- This is a 0 point bid also. Same rules apply as for needs bid except you can use a PS bid on anyone.

Normal bid -- Begins at 1 point. Once the bidding reaches double digits, you must outbid by 2.

To save time, I'm just making a list of all the players. If you want to bid on a player who doesn't have a thread yet, create a thread which includes the player's name, overall, and age as stated in the list.

Here is the signing scale:

Needs bid/PS bid - 1 year
1-5 pts - <3 years
6-15 pts - <4 years
16-25 pts - <5 years
26-35 pts - <6 years
36-45 pts - <7 years
+46 - <8 years

Any other questions, feel free to ask.

Rules for fines:

If you have won bids on players equal more points than you have, there will be a fine. First time offense is 5 pts, second time 10 pts, etc.

After the fine, your signings are recalculated, in order of final bid. Once you hit the cutoff, the bid defaults to the 2nd highest bid with 6 hours remaining from the time the bid defaulted.

*EVERYONE MUST KEEP TRACK OF WHICH PLAYERS THEY SIGN, this is your responsibility, it must be either posted as a thread in the UFA forum or in your team forum (preferably UFA forum though).

If you fail to do so YOU WILL NOT GET THAT PLAYER ON YOUR TEAM, he will be back into free agency and in all probability you will lose any points you bid on him. If I dont know hes on your team when Im updating rosters for FA then he obviously he wont be on your team at all.

Bump

100 Pts, not 10 times your loses.

But It maybe changed.

so everyone gets a 100? Nice.

Yes now don't post here.

Mr.Showtime wrote:

Bump

100 Pts, not 10 times your loses.

But It maybe changed.

who said this was the rule?

Touchdown Jesus wrote:

Mr.Showtime wrote:

Bump

100 Pts, not 10 times your loses.

But It maybe changed.

who said this was the rule?

It's always been the rules... the FA period during the season is FA Period 2. The one in the offseason is Period 1, which is ten times the losses.

SoxNats08 wrote:

Touchdown Jesus wrote:

Mr.Showtime wrote:

Bump

100 Pts, not 10 times your loses.

But It maybe changed.

who said this was the rule?

It's always been the rules... the FA period during the season is FA Period 2. The one in the offseason is Period 1, which is ten times the losses.

was just making sure he wasnt pulling that out of his ass

Touchdown Jesus wrote:

SoxNats08 wrote:

Touchdown Jesus wrote:

Mr.Showtime wrote:

Bump

100 Pts, not 10 times your loses.

But It maybe changed.

who said this was the rule?

It's always been the rules... the FA period during the season is FA Period 2. The one in the offseason is Period 1, which is ten times the losses.

was just making sure he wasnt pulling that out of his ass

Ive been doing this forever, no need to pull it outa my ass

QUESTION?: Can't only FA moderators make threads for the released players? Not just a random person who sees someone is released and wants them?

yes only FA moderators can

the releases can only become FAs when ive approved their release anyway

IMPORTANT NOTE:

new minimum bid is 1 point, we realized theres no real point to having a minimum bid of 3

When adding them to your depth chart, don't forget to look into the Free Agent's updated rating.

FA rules updated.