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Post by billy on Apr 14, 2016 15:03:46 GMT -5
Off Season Free Agency Guide
Reference: Off Season Free Agency Regulations
1. Find a Player and Message their Agent:
2. Make Your Offer:
If you have enough money to make a bid for a player the strength of your offer depends on a number of factors:
1. Money Offered (Player Agents will work to keep salaries realistic, but it doesn't hurt to show you're committed)
2. Playing time.
3. The chances of success with your team (playoff/championship caliber)
4. How much dedication you have shown to the player.
5. The perceived effort you put into making an offer.
6. A player's perceived real-life personality traits.
7. Whether your team is a "big market" team, or a team with "prestige" or history.
Ensure all factors are highlighted to Player Agents in your offer, do not expect Player Agents to consider factors that you do not raise.
Make sure to target the right sort of players with your offers. There are some players who are more likely to sign than others.
3. Negotiate:
1. Player Agents may use their own discretion whether to communicate how much you may need to pay a player. They may tell you an exact amount, or they may expect you to make an offer.
2. All negotiations with Player Agents are posted within their hidden OSFA sections and are overseen by the Commissioner.
3. The Player agents will narrow down the offers to free agents to three teams (including the resigning team unless there is a major grievance), and the entire player agent committee will vote on which teams fits that player the best and that will be the destination. The votes will be published at the end of the timeslot for that free agent tier. Majority wins.
More scrutiny is likely to be given to signings made to Player Agents teams and in any instances when a player does not re-sign with their own team.
4. Further notes:
1. Bird Rights players are more likely to re-sign and tend to do so later in the OSFA process so that their team has a greater chance of signing other Free Agents, just like in real life (note: GMs must claim Bird Rights on their re-signing players before OSFA begins), although a prior signing can indeed still affect whether a player eventually re-signs.
2. Effort really counts and also shows dedication. If you really want to help your chances signing a player make sure you show you've put in the effort.
Q: Can I go over the salary cap to send an offer sheet?
A: You can send as many bids as you want to as many RFAs that you can type a bid to.
However, if you have a bunch of accepted offer sheets, you will win THE MOST EXPENSIVE one you sent out first, and then going down from that.
If you send out multiple offers of the same expense then they will be done in the order received (so the guy you actually want -- message him first)
Reference: Off Season Free Agency Regulations
1. Find a Player and Message their Agent:
All available players are listed in the Off Season Free Agents List. Message player agents with your offer.
The free agents will be separated into 3 tiers based on their rating. Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3.
Tier 1: 64+
Tier 2: >=58
Tier 3: <58
Tier 1 will begin immediately after the conclusion of RFA.
Tier 2 will begin 7 days later.
Tier 3 will begin after the destinations of most Tier 2 free agents are announced, and will last until the regular season.
Tier 3 free agents will not have player agents, but the bidding will happen live on the "free agency board" just like regular season free agency in a bidding war, where the highest bid after 24 hours gets the player.
If a player's tier time is up, but they have no received an acceptable offer they may hold out until an acceptable contract offer is received.
The free agents will be separated into 3 tiers based on their rating. Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3.
Tier 1: 64+
Tier 2: >=58
Tier 3: <58
Tier 1 will begin immediately after the conclusion of RFA.
Tier 2 will begin 7 days later.
Tier 3 will begin after the destinations of most Tier 2 free agents are announced, and will last until the regular season.
Tier 3 free agents will not have player agents, but the bidding will happen live on the "free agency board" just like regular season free agency in a bidding war, where the highest bid after 24 hours gets the player.
If a player's tier time is up, but they have no received an acceptable offer they may hold out until an acceptable contract offer is received.
2. Make Your Offer:
If you have enough money to make a bid for a player the strength of your offer depends on a number of factors:
1. Money Offered (Player Agents will work to keep salaries realistic, but it doesn't hurt to show you're committed)
2. Playing time.
3. The chances of success with your team (playoff/championship caliber)
4. How much dedication you have shown to the player.
5. The perceived effort you put into making an offer.
6. A player's perceived real-life personality traits.
7. Whether your team is a "big market" team, or a team with "prestige" or history.
Ensure all factors are highlighted to Player Agents in your offer, do not expect Player Agents to consider factors that you do not raise.
Make sure to target the right sort of players with your offers. There are some players who are more likely to sign than others.
3. Negotiate:
1. Player Agents may use their own discretion whether to communicate how much you may need to pay a player. They may tell you an exact amount, or they may expect you to make an offer.
2. All negotiations with Player Agents are posted within their hidden OSFA sections and are overseen by the Commissioner.
3. The Player agents will narrow down the offers to free agents to three teams (including the resigning team unless there is a major grievance), and the entire player agent committee will vote on which teams fits that player the best and that will be the destination. The votes will be published at the end of the timeslot for that free agent tier. Majority wins.
More scrutiny is likely to be given to signings made to Player Agents teams and in any instances when a player does not re-sign with their own team.
4. Further notes:
1. Bird Rights players are more likely to re-sign and tend to do so later in the OSFA process so that their team has a greater chance of signing other Free Agents, just like in real life (note: GMs must claim Bird Rights on their re-signing players before OSFA begins), although a prior signing can indeed still affect whether a player eventually re-signs.
2. Effort really counts and also shows dedication. If you really want to help your chances signing a player make sure you show you've put in the effort.
Q: Can I go over the salary cap to send an offer sheet?
A: You can send as many bids as you want to as many RFAs that you can type a bid to.
However, if you have a bunch of accepted offer sheets, you will win THE MOST EXPENSIVE one you sent out first, and then going down from that.
If you send out multiple offers of the same expense then they will be done in the order received (so the guy you actually want -- message him first)
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