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 1999" (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 the subject:
"Hawks - Free Agent Bids 1999, Round 1"
and might have the following as the 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.
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")
- Also any "sign and trades" agreed upon between two GMs need to be posted immediately after the FA is signed. They should be posted as normal trades. Remember, these FA WILL hit your cap until you've traded them. Please keep this in mind.
