Brushing up on RFA

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For the new owners this year and because it never hurts to brush up below are the main points about the RFA bidding process. For the full rules go to section "F" (RULES LINK) So if anyone has any questions no matter how small ask away and we can have a smooth RFA process! Thanks 

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Bidding will open/close with the dates below. You send your bids to the "showbidz" account (THIS LINK) 

League Schedule (LINK) 

Opens - Monday February 3rd at 8am EST
Closes - February 6th at 3pm EST.

You will probably want to brush up on how to structure but I will make a another post about that in a few days or so.

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1.RFA players WILL NOT be eligible for the retirement rule...

2.For contracts the lowest any single year salary can be is 30% of the AAS, and the highest any single year can be is 30% of the AAS 

3.As far as the new Hometown Discount of 15%. It only applies if the team keeps thier RFA player. If you win a player and the hometeam does not match you do NOT get this discount.

4.If you are the hometeam and you bid on your own player and win then the discount does NOT apply, and no contract can go under the mimimum of $300k per yr.

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RESTRICTED PLAYER BIDDING CRITERIA:

Restricting a player provides a semi protective measure to help a GM retain that player, while not assuring that GM will retain said player. The Average Annual Salary ("AAS") that a GM bids will require a certain minimum number of years that offer must cover to be a valid bid. The HIGHER the AAS, the LONGER the MINIMUM contract term you MUST offer in order to make a valid bid. The MINIMUM contract term is based solely on the offer's AAS, and is determined as follows:

In combination with the 30% rule above #2

AAS = up to $3M, then MINIMUM 1 yr deal
AAS = $3M+ to $6M, then MINIMUM 2 yr deal (total min contract = $6,000,001 to $12M)
AAS = $6.1M+ to $9M, then MINIMUM 3 yr deal (total min contract = $18,000,001 to $27M)
AAS = $9.1M+ to $12M, then MINIMUM 4 yr deal (total min contract = $36,000,001 to $48M)
AAS = $12.1M and up, then MINIMUM 5 yr deal (etc)

5 yrs is the max contract length

Simply, you can divide the AAS by 3M, then round UP to determine the MINIMUM number of years the contract must cover. Any bid not meeting the correct minimum term offered will be voided. The bidder can always make a contract term LONGER than the minimum number of years since the AAS only determines the MINIMUM term.

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As long as your bids look like this one, structure and information, then you will be fine and not voided.

The Cubs offer
Ryne Sandberg MI Cubs
3yrs $60m, AAS $20m
20:$30m
21:$20m
22:$10m - If yrs are spread evenly then say just that, spread evenly

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All this below is important

Please double check all your spelling as it must be correct. This helps me when I search a player and not miss bids. 

NO Copy and paste slop jobs where there are 5-10 spaces between each line of your bid. Take the time to make your bid look like the one above. If you leave spaces I then am hitting backspace all the time when I copy all bids on a certain player into a new post. And just because it looks fine when you paste it does not mean it will be when you post it. That is why if you are pasting it then you need to use the "BBCode" tab below. Open that tab, paste it, then hit the preview tab to see it. To avoid that simply type it out. The BBCode and Preview tabs are located at the bottom of this post while I am creating it. Find them so you know or ask me.

Do not forget that a players postion and team must be in there. However in the subject line when creating your PM please only put the players name and not his position and team. This can sometimes effect them showing up when I enter name in a search. If there is any question on what I mean by this please ask me.

Simply put the bid above is the perfect bid and as long as your bid looks just like that one it will not be voided.

There are a lot of bids in RFA. Some things may seem trivial and like I am nitpicking but trust me when you have 20 teams sending multiple bids it takes a while to sort thru. If all bids look like the one above then all I have to do is a quick copy and paste into the thread where I announce the winner and move from one bid to antoher quickly. I like to post all bids and not just the winning one as I know you all want to see them. I do not mind at all but a little help from you makes this easier. We all enjoy RFA and we should, and I can also enjoy it with just some extra work from you. Thank you everyone in advance as it is greatly appreciated.

And one last time in unison, Check your spelling, above is the perfect bid and NO, I say NO copy and paste slop jobs!

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Another question being asked is whether or not the Hometown Discount is off of the total contract or AAS?

They are the same thing

$60m 3yr contract AAS $20m after discount $51m 3y contract AAS $17m

15% of 60 is 9 which gives you a new contract of 51m and gives you an AAS of $17m

15% of 20 is 3 which gies you a new AAS of 17m, multiply that by 3 you have a contract of $51m

Then after discount the total contract can be restructured.