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Post by Milwaukee GM (Souriyo) on Feb 17, 2016 20:30:31 GMT
Any waiver wire pickup will receive a league-minimum contract (1 year, $0.5 million dollars). Waiver wire acquisitions are NOT allowed in-season unless the player to be released is bought out following the league's buyout rules or is eligible for IR/DL and is moved there accordingly. Only players added from the waiver wire may be released without buyout penalty if the original injured player is returned to the active roster. View the buyout rules for how to go about buying out a player and that player's eligibility for other teams.
After the season, the waiver wire player is released back into the free agency pool for the following season unless the owner chooses to exercise re-signing power on them.
Extension rules for waiver wire pickups:
Since in-season pickups will receive a league minimum salary (1 year, $0.5 million), even a top-10 finish would only raise their salary to $0.75 million. Therefore, the baseline for re-signing have been set to the following, with the same three divisors applying per sport (and in the NFL's case, at position)
1st divisor: $6 million 2nd divisor: $4 million 3rd divisor: $2 million
All waiver wire players are not subject to buyouts.
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Post by Dallas GM (naked) on Feb 17, 2016 22:02:14 GMT
For clarity's sake, would these WW extensions be based off of whatever contract options we have available, or would they be 1-year contracts no matter what? I suppose the former makes more sense.
If that's the case, do we want to consider a rule where a top-15 production from a WW acquisition commands a minimum salary (say, like a hold out) to the team looking to extend the contract? Nothing debilitating, but more than 1 mil. It could change by sport.
I'm all for rewarding teams that find gold, but I can understand the interest others may have in supporting a hold out idea.
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Post by Milwaukee GM (Souriyo) on Feb 17, 2016 22:08:33 GMT
For clarity's sake, would these WW extensions be based off of whatever contract options we have available, or would they be 1-year contracts no matter what. I suppose the former makes more sense. If that's the case, do we want to consider a rule where a top-15 production from a WW acquisition commands a minimum salary (say, like a hold out) to the team looking to extend the contract? Nothing debilitating, but more than 1 mil. It could change by sport. I'm all for rewarding teams that find gold, but I can understand the interest others may have in supporting a hold out idea. In free agency you're not limited to how much you can offer a player and extensions can be up to 5 years. You are right though, even top level production from a waiver wire pickup by the rules we have placed would only be a 0.75 million contract. The hold-out idea is something I'll look into. It's a good one.
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