Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2011 11:58:48 GMT -5
As of now the 50% penalty is going to be enforced a bit more rigidly. Previously the rule was pretty much pointless as you could bid 40 million bucks on a guy and then just wait for the offseason, drop him and wouldn't owe a thing. This made bidding huge amounts for players pretty much a no-brainer and left only the rich to compete for players.
The rule now is this: Whenever you drop a player you pay 50% of his salary until the end of next season. So if you drop someone now (offseason before 2012 season) you pay 50% of that salary until the end of the 2012 season. It doesn't matter if he signs with another team in our league, you still must pay a 50% penalty. This is still "rounded down" as in you drop a player who's salary is 13 million you pay 50% (6 million rounded down from 6.5).
Originally our rule stated if the player signed with another team you didn't have to pay this penalty, now you do. Also if you drop someone you cannot rebid on him again (previously if you didn't like the price of a player there was no reason not to just drop him and try to resign him again cheaper). Now if you drop them, you cannot bid on that dropped player, only the other 29 teams in the league can bid on him. If a player officially retires from baseball you can drop him and there is no penalty.
This goes into effect for all teams right away. There was some confusion as not everyone had been made aware of these new rules when they were discussed (my fault) so guys that were just recently dropped (Zambrano, Dice K) are going to be waived for no penalty but from here on out this rule is into effect.
The rule now is this: Whenever you drop a player you pay 50% of his salary until the end of next season. So if you drop someone now (offseason before 2012 season) you pay 50% of that salary until the end of the 2012 season. It doesn't matter if he signs with another team in our league, you still must pay a 50% penalty. This is still "rounded down" as in you drop a player who's salary is 13 million you pay 50% (6 million rounded down from 6.5).
Originally our rule stated if the player signed with another team you didn't have to pay this penalty, now you do. Also if you drop someone you cannot rebid on him again (previously if you didn't like the price of a player there was no reason not to just drop him and try to resign him again cheaper). Now if you drop them, you cannot bid on that dropped player, only the other 29 teams in the league can bid on him. If a player officially retires from baseball you can drop him and there is no penalty.
This goes into effect for all teams right away. There was some confusion as not everyone had been made aware of these new rules when they were discussed (my fault) so guys that were just recently dropped (Zambrano, Dice K) are going to be waived for no penalty but from here on out this rule is into effect.