Currently in the game, all players aquired in the off-season would become trade-eligible on 12/15. The problem is that 12/15 falls in the middle of the 4th sim of the season usually. Last season, 12/15 fell on a Wednesday in the game calendar and our solution was to sim the 3 extra days in the game and have a shorter sim 4. However, this season 12/15 falls on a Friday on the sim calender, which if added to the 3rd sim would essentially be making the 4th sim 9 days long (instead of 14).
My proposal: Making the last day of the 3rd sim the date for players to become trade eligible.
Reasoning: Sim lengths remain constant; teams can trade players immediately when they become available, instead of having them become eligible mid-sim and potentially getting injured in those remaining days of sim 3.
Thoughts?