Bids should be submitted to The Negotiator via Private Message (click here to send a Private Message to The Negotiator). This Private message should have the subject "TEAM NAME- Free Agent Bids 2006" (substitute your team's name for the words "TEAM NAME" in quotes). Place all of your Free Agent bids in a single message, with one entry per line, formatted as follows:
Player Name; Initial Year's Salary; Yearly Raise Percentage; Total Number of Years; (if desired: Team Option/Player Option)
For example, the Hawks' Private Message should have:
Subject:
Hawks - Free Agent Bids 2007, Round 1"
Body:
Eric Montross; $7,632,314; 12.5%; 5
Khalid Reeves; $7,632,314; 10.0%; 4
Brooks Thompson; $3,000,000; 3.5%; 2
RULES ON LEGAL BIDS:
Each team may submit up to ten (10) bids. Bids in excess of ten will be ignored.
TEAMS WITH OUTSTANDING TAX BILLS MAY OFFER MINIMUM BIDS ONLY
The maximum starting salary that can be offered to a player is based on his years of experience. You may check this amount using http://pbsl.ijbl.net/check.htm and entering his years of experience.
If a player ended last season on your team AND his player page says he has at least 3 Bird Years, your team has "Bird Rights" with that player.
For players to which your team holds Bird Rights:
- A starting salary of up to the maximum for a player with his years of service regardless of cap situation.
- Yearly raises of 0% to 12.5%, in increments of 0.5% (i.e., 0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5% etc.)
- Contract lengths of anywhere from 1 to 5 years.
- If desired, may designate the final year of a multi-year deal as "team option" or "player option" (if neither is selected, the default is "guaranteed")
- A starting salary up to the current maximum for a player with his years of service (use http://pbsl.ijbl.net/check.htm to check this) OR the amount of salary cap space your team has available (use http://pbsl.ijbl.net/capreport.htm to check this), whichever is LESS. If your team has no cap space remaining, you are still permitted to offer contracts for the "minimum" (varies based on a player's years of experience) in the first year. Minimum contracts may still offer multiple years at the minimum.
- Yearly raises of 0% to 10.0% in increments of 0.5% (i.e., 0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5% etc.)
- Contract lengths of anywhere from 1 to 4 years.
- If desired, may designate the final year of a multi-year deal as "team option" or "player option" (if neither is selected, the default is "guaranteed")
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
For minimum salary amounts, please use the trade checker (link)
Also, remember if you re-sign a player that played for you in the previous season, that player may be eligible for trade immediately, throughout off-season, preseason, sims 1 and 2, and beyond (immune to the Dec 15 trade restriction).
