S29 Offseason Schedule

[WigNosy]

All times below are Central time. Subject to change as needed.

Monday, 12/4 at 5 pm
Deadline for articles/media that apply to the Season 28 Media cap. After this point, everything counts for Season 29.
Salary Cap for 2018-2019 will be revealed (may happen earlier in the day) and the Salary Cap Checker page will be updated.
List of RFAs will be posted. Teams may begin to excercise RFA rights.

Tuesday, 12/5 at approximately 5 pm
Draft Lotto show (reveal of final draft order), live simulcast on Skype

Wednesday, 12/6 at 8 am
Lottery officially begins and the clock starts ticking.

Friday, 12/8 at 5 pm
2nd round draft lists due
2nd round of the draft will be simmed
Period to exercise RFA rights ends
Team maximum RFA bids are locked in
RFA Trade Moratorium begins
Note maximum RFA bids may not be posted right at deadline due to Wig's schedule but will be posted as soon as possible

Saturday, 12/9 at 5 pm
RFA Bids due
2nd round cuts due
Note RFA bids may not be processed right at 5 pm due to Wig's schedule but will be processed as soon as possible

Sunday, 12/10 at 5 pm
RFA Match/Decline/Accept deadline
RFA Trade Moratorium ends (earlier if all RFA Match/Decline/Accept decisions happen earlier)

Tuesday, 12/12 at 5 pm
UFA Round 1 bids are due (PLEASE try to get these in as far ahead of the deadline as possible, including on Monday, as inputting UFA bids can take 2 to 3 hours and the bigger head start we get, the closer to the 5 pm deadline we can run the sim)

Wednesday, 12/13 at 5 pm
UFA Round 2 bids are due

Thursday, 12/14 at 5 pm
UFA Round 3 bids are due

Friday, 12/15 at 5 pm
Roster Cut-Down to 15 players
Training Camps (and Insurance) Due
Training Camp will be run around 5 pm
(Pre-Season Pressers may begin)

Friday, 12/15 at 8 pm
Tiered Free Agency Free-For-Fall

Saturday, 12/16 time TBD but likely between 9 am and noon
Pre-Season will be run

Monday, 12/18 at 5 pm
Rookie option decline deadline.
Pre-Season Pressers due.
Rookie Contract Trainings Due.
Paid Trainings Due.
Regular Season, Sim 1

LOOKING AHEAD, PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO SIM ON MONDAY CHRISTMAS DAY 12/25.

Note also that Sim #3 (when the Dec. 15th deadline passes and players acquired in the off-season will become tradeable) is currently scheduled for 12/22. So if you need your sim league fix, you can work the trade wires if anyone else is around.

[Soundwave]

Do we have a RFA Rights thread up yet?

[WigNosy]

Not yet, had some stuff come up yesterday. Will be up soon though.

[WigNosy]

UPDATE: Pre-Season likely to run late tonight instead of tomorrow morning.