Post by CardsGM (Mat) on Jun 17, 2015 4:27:37 GMT -5
YEAR-BEGINNING PROCESS
The Field of Dreams season runs from January through October, which is the end of the playoffs The season begins with the Year-Beginning Process and ends with the playoffs. The specific timing of the Year-Beginning Process will be determined by the commissioners, but will not begin later January.
1. In January the following things must be completed before the Free Agent period can begin
a. Subtract 1 year from each player's contract
b. Add ARB amounts to Salary Caps as applicable (see Minor League Roster, Promotions, Arbitration & Amateur Draft rules)
c. Subtract Options for each player that is on the Reserve roster
d. All Minor League players who had 1 year left on their contracts must be promoted to the active roster and signed to a 1-Minors ARB(-) OPT(-) contract, and if they were on a 1-Minors ARB(-) OPT(*) they must be signed to a 6-year ARB(year 4, year 5, year 6) OPT(4) contract.
e. All players with expiring contracts that will not be signed are to be annotated on your team page so that a Free Agent list can be compiled as swiftly as possible by the Commissioners
2. Payments for the follow-on season will be due by before Free Agency can commence each year. Payments can be taken from League winnings, can be made well in advance, and if an owner is experiencing some difficulties the 3 Commissioners will convene to come to an agreement on a possible extension.
3. Extensions depend on the owner's involvement and dedication to the league and the agreement must be agreed to by all 3 Commissioners.
4. Should an owner need to be replaced, the waiting list will be used on a first-come first-served basis. If there is no owner on the waiting list, owners will be asked to look for potential owners, and if none are available, advertisements will be made on Rotoworld and elsewhere.
5. Once all payments have been received and rosters have been updated, owners will need to post the following under their roster pages:
Year-Beginning Verification
1. Subtracted 1 year from each player's contract
2. Added ARB amounts to Salary Caps as applicable
3. Subtracted Options for each player that remains on the Reserve roster
4. All players with expiring contracts are annotated on my team page
5. Payment has been made
6. Ready for Final Verification"
6. The 3 Commissioners will review all of your Transactions, ensure that your roster is legal and up-to-date, and once they're happy with your roster status will post VERIFIED under your Year- Beginning Verification section of your transaction page.
7. All teams that have been Year- Beginning verified may begin making trades and posting players to waivers immediately with other teams that have been Year- Beginning verified.
8. On January 15th of each off-season, each League owner will get a chance to pick up Franchise Free Agents. The FFA period will commence for an additional 48 hours until the Free Agent period begins.
9. Free Agency will re-open yearly on January 17thand will remain open until the Friday 23:59 ET of the week before the Field of Dreams playoffs begin.
10. Major League rosters must be full before the season begins (minimum of 40 players) and only those players who are listed as being on their respective team's DL on MLB.com can be placed on Field of Dreams roster DLs.
11. Minor League rosters need to have a minimum of 20 players before the season begins.
12. Owners will be responsible to make all FANTRAX roster changes requests required to make their rosters reflect the one on Proboards before the season begins.
The Field of Dreams season runs from January through October, which is the end of the playoffs The season begins with the Year-Beginning Process and ends with the playoffs. The specific timing of the Year-Beginning Process will be determined by the commissioners, but will not begin later January.
1. In January the following things must be completed before the Free Agent period can begin
a. Subtract 1 year from each player's contract
b. Add ARB amounts to Salary Caps as applicable (see Minor League Roster, Promotions, Arbitration & Amateur Draft rules)
c. Subtract Options for each player that is on the Reserve roster
d. All Minor League players who had 1 year left on their contracts must be promoted to the active roster and signed to a 1-Minors ARB(-) OPT(-) contract, and if they were on a 1-Minors ARB(-) OPT(*) they must be signed to a 6-year ARB(year 4, year 5, year 6) OPT(4) contract.
e. All players with expiring contracts that will not be signed are to be annotated on your team page so that a Free Agent list can be compiled as swiftly as possible by the Commissioners
2. Payments for the follow-on season will be due by before Free Agency can commence each year. Payments can be taken from League winnings, can be made well in advance, and if an owner is experiencing some difficulties the 3 Commissioners will convene to come to an agreement on a possible extension.
3. Extensions depend on the owner's involvement and dedication to the league and the agreement must be agreed to by all 3 Commissioners.
4. Should an owner need to be replaced, the waiting list will be used on a first-come first-served basis. If there is no owner on the waiting list, owners will be asked to look for potential owners, and if none are available, advertisements will be made on Rotoworld and elsewhere.
5. Once all payments have been received and rosters have been updated, owners will need to post the following under their roster pages:
Year-Beginning Verification
1. Subtracted 1 year from each player's contract
2. Added ARB amounts to Salary Caps as applicable
3. Subtracted Options for each player that remains on the Reserve roster
4. All players with expiring contracts are annotated on my team page
5. Payment has been made
6. Ready for Final Verification"
6. The 3 Commissioners will review all of your Transactions, ensure that your roster is legal and up-to-date, and once they're happy with your roster status will post VERIFIED under your Year- Beginning Verification section of your transaction page.
7. All teams that have been Year- Beginning verified may begin making trades and posting players to waivers immediately with other teams that have been Year- Beginning verified.
8. On January 15th of each off-season, each League owner will get a chance to pick up Franchise Free Agents. The FFA period will commence for an additional 48 hours until the Free Agent period begins.
9. Free Agency will re-open yearly on January 17thand will remain open until the Friday 23:59 ET of the week before the Field of Dreams playoffs begin.
10. Major League rosters must be full before the season begins (minimum of 40 players) and only those players who are listed as being on their respective team's DL on MLB.com can be placed on Field of Dreams roster DLs.
11. Minor League rosters need to have a minimum of 20 players before the season begins.
12. Owners will be responsible to make all FANTRAX roster changes requests required to make their rosters reflect the one on Proboards before the season begins.