Player Salaries Salaries for individual players will be taken from the Rotoworld salary database. There is only one way a players salary changes. If he is released and then resigned via free agency within the GM League (not real NFL). Once a player is traded, his salary stays the same unless he is cut by the team in the GM league. When Cutting A Player There is no penalty for cutting a player. If a player has a cap value of 3 million and you release or trade him, the entire 3 million is subtracted off your cap. When Trading A Player Once a player is traded his entire salary is transferred to the acquiring team. 2011 Salary Cap The salary cap for the 2011 GM League will be determined in the near future. You will need to be under this number before the start of free agency and stay under for the remainder of the year. This is figured by taking the average salary of all 32 NFL teams and adding a couple million to it. Franchise/Transition Tags All tags and tenders must be submitted before the start of free agency (sometime in March). The 2011 Franchise/Transition numbers will be determined and posted in the near future. RFAs/ERFAs You must place a tender on all the RFA's and ERFA's you have that you plan to keep. Remember you get right to match the salary of what teams offer your players. If you do not, you get compensation based on the tender. ERFA's (Exclusive Rights) will be given a base salary and if they are tendered, no team will have an opportunity to offer that player a contract. Therefore these players can be added to your roster right away if tendered. However, RFA's cannot be added to your roster right away as teams may offer them contracts in the first 24 hours of free agency. Free Agency To acquire free agents, we will use a bid format here on the forums. All the bids will be able to be seen as it stands and the highest bid that goes 48 hours without being matched wins. You can cut a player you signed in free agency only if you signed him to less than $400K Teams cannot bid on more than 10 players at a time, nor go over the salary cap. Meaning do not bid more money than you have. If we catch anyone doing this, all bids will be forfeited. 2011 GM League NFL Draft The 2011 GM League Draft will be held at a date and time to be determined. We will do a full 7 round draft. Time limits and such will be discussed days before the draft. If you are going to miss your draft slot send a bullpen list to either the two GM League Moderators (GridIronKing34 or Saint Greg) or one of the Draft Committee members to automatically make your pick. A bullpen list will look like this: Team A 1. Mark Ingram, RB, Alabama (if not available, go to pick 2) 2. Cam Newton, QB, Auburn (if not available, go to pick 3) 3. Nate Solder, OT, Colorado You get the general idea... From the second round on, the picks will be done as soon as possible in the same format as the first round. If you are not available leave a bullpen list to choose from. Draft Pick Salaries We will have draft pick salaries. You will need to keep track of your picks and what they will cost to ensure you do not go over the cap on draft day. Rookie salaries will be determined by where they are drafted: First round selections: 1 - 5 pick: $900,000 6 - 10 Pick: $850,000 11 - 20 Pick: $800,000 21 - 32 Pick: $750,000 Other round selections: 2nd round: $500,000 3rd round: $450,000 4th-7th round: $400,000
