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Cutting of graduating players Vote

When should teams be required to cut graduates?

Before season's end to allow all transfers three weeks to decide their team?
15
Once new season starts before the first Free Agency spin occurs giving transfers two weeks of free agency but allowing teams cap relief on the longer contracts?
10

Re: Cutting of graduating players Vote

By hchoudhry17
6/18/2018 12:53 pm
Bryson10 wrote:
if we do that many owners will forget. I've had to remind at least 5 owners every offseason to cut guys so i don't see how this would solve the issue

Fair enough. I'm backing cut before end of season then :)

Re: Cutting of graduating players Vote

By Bryson10
6/18/2018 1:07 pm
we will discuss this rule change in depth on wednesday night :)

Re: Cutting of graduating players Vote

By CrazyRazor
6/18/2018 1:11 pm
Bryson10 wrote:
if we do that many owners will forget. I've had to remind at least 5 owners every offseason to cut guys so i don't see how this would solve the issue


The bright side to that would be: They would get stuck with the Dead Cap for not doing what they are "supposed" to do anyway. We already know that we can survive one day of FA without the high profile recruit.
A decent way to punish ppl for not following the guidelines they already agreed to follow.

Somebody will remind them after day 1 of FA. ;)
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Re: Cutting of graduating players Vote

By Bryson10
6/18/2018 1:23 pm
what kind of punishment? draft picks?

Re: Cutting of graduating players Vote

By Bryson10
6/18/2018 1:25 pm
i was really hoping to stay away from any kind of fines or punishments if i could

Re: Cutting of graduating players Vote

By Bryno
6/18/2018 1:27 pm
I dont think thats what he means...

Re: Cutting of graduating players Vote

By Bryno
6/18/2018 1:28 pm
"Getting stuck with dead cap"....is the punishment hes talking about

Re: Cutting of graduating players Vote

By trslick
6/18/2018 2:00 pm
I start looking at what players have lost from 9 years on and decide to let them go or not. I don't
care for the idea of having to cut to benefit another team if our team is in need of that player. I
don't think I could ever give big money for a player in his 11 or 12 season, that is the old seeping out of me!

Re: Cutting of graduating players Vote

By kicker10bog
6/18/2018 3:06 pm
Michael77 wrote:
kicker10bog wrote:
Nobody is going to be signing new players prior to the end of season sim anyways.
Yeah but I am talking about releasing the 11yr players. Those two teams wouldn't have to cut them until the EOS spin. So they suffer no impact from the cap. It would reflect the following season. And the rest of the teams would suffer in the current season with cap issues from releasing those players.


Does cutting a player at the EOS work that way? I didn't think it did, but I've never tried it. I assumed that the penalty for the first season would be essentially discarded and the rest of the penalty would be put on the next season. I think this because offering a 5-year contract at the EOS effectively makes it a 4-year contract.

Re: Cutting of graduating players Vote

By Michael77
6/18/2018 3:13 pm
It's not discarded because I tried to cut someone from another league who is in the playoffs and it said that 5 million would be counted against this season's cap and something like 8 million for next seasons cap. So you would take a hit on the current season. And if your salary cap is to the max (some, including myself, like to spend every last penny) , then you will be put into salary cap purgatory the current season you are in. Only way you wouldn't be is if you were allowed to cut them on the very last sim of the season.
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