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So, general question here... I know the goal is to get a final 53 man roster. Are we allowed to go over that number with free agency signing/draft picks, and adjust accordingly at the end? I just want to make sure this isn't a game where we're confined to stay within the 53 at all times, or if it will be like a general offseason where we can go over.

Base salary only, not the bonus money.

It was just added. Basically, ignore the whole post June 1st designation. You get one cut per team where you get rid of one player's entire base salary, no matter what the actually dead money would be. Every other cut adheres to the standard FA rules of dead money.

Yeah if there's a team with a ton of FA's, it's impossible to keep the team together. That's something we should look into next season if we continue with this game. Implementing some sort of "exclusive negotiations" for FA would be great.

Not for me lol. I picked a team I don't like, but they have cap room, tons of draft picks, and very few free agents. I'm in it for the rebuild.

Got heeeem.

Is his team gone already? If it was me, I didn't think he was aiming for the Browns lol.

My pick is in! Tons of cap space, tons of draft picks, few free agents, and a formidable core.

Alright cool. So that eliminates a few teams for me lol.

So how does free agency work exactly? I know we can't exactly re-sign our own guys without letting the market dictate their value. I didn't do this last year, so just a general question. Have you done or even considered possibly allowing each team to retain a couple of their UFA's to a reasonable contract, approved by the coco? Just curious here. Trying to figure out my plans lol.

Regular draft using the real draft order.

It's just to pick teams.

I think I know who's on your radar, but I won't be picking them. I have a few things in mind. When do we officially draft?

Ehhh I'm not sure lol. I like cap space and draft picks.

Just let SAM handle it. He and the rest of the coco are trustworthy guys.

Awesome. I assume you'll have like a general discussion thread where we can lambast everyone who took the team we wanted? lol

And if we do decide to continue with the random, can we make the draft thread picks only with no discussion? It will make it easier to see what teams are still available.

I'd make it public. I'm sure they don't need tons of PMs in their inboxes.

Yeah that's worked in. If someone wants them, they can pick them. At least that's my opinion.

For potential time issues so the draft doesn't go on forever, what if everyone still posts their top 3 choices, and if they can't get their pick in, it defaults to that list so we can pick a team for them? If the order is posted, hopefully everyone can choose a top 3 or even 5 of teams that would likely be available where they're picking.

Well, that must mean I at least have pick number 31 lol.

Definitely don't rig anything. It defeats the purpose of randomizing the list.

You still get to pick your team if it happens. We're hopefully just randomizing an order and then we "draft" a team of our choosing of whatever is left.

Always randomize 5 times. It's an unwritten rule to randomizers lol.

As you said, the con list is the same you'll have with first come first serve. I think a random makes the most sense.