Preseason Draft and Signing Period
This is how I see the preseason draft and signing period playing out, however this isn't set in stone and will need to fit with individual availability.
The order of drafting and signing will be as follows:
1. Free Agents
- There are 54 players who fit the criteria for the free agent auction draft.
- This will run in the same manner as the top 60 in the inaugural draft.
- Therefore, we will need up to 3 hours to complete.
2. Restricted Free Agents
- There are 3 players who are eligible for the restricted free agent auction draft.
- This will run in the same manner as the 2017 Rookie players in the inaugural draft.
- This won't take very long.
3. 2nd Contract
- Teams will need to determine whether eligible players will be retained.
- Retained players will need to be signed before the Rookie and Unlisted Player Draft.
- The signing process is the same as the 2017 Rookie players in the inaugural draft (i.e. predetermined contract table)
- This process doesn't require all to be available.
- There will be a set deadline
4. Trade and Delisting Deadline
- Deadline to enable Rookie and Unlisted Player Draft doc to be completed.
5. Rookie and Unlisted Player Draft.
- This will run in the same manner as rounds 19 onwards in the inaugural draft.
- Teams must ensure that they stay within the contract year and salary caps at all times.
- Up to 2 hours will be required.
Ideally, 3 - 5 are completed after the preseason games, so as to give us all as much information as can be garnered.
Step 1:
Can I clarify "run in the same manner" as prior years, as I am obviously unaware of how that played out in reality.
Eg: Dangerfield (presume bidding starts at $563,752).
Anyone can bid at this point, at any value at or above $563,752 for one year? It then simply becomes an auction, with each team having the ability to outbid each other? All you need to declare at this point in total salary and years, I would then bid $1.2m over 2 years? Next person can then bid $601k for one year, etc.
OR does this still apply:
"It is possible that teams may bid on more players than they can afford under the salary cap. For example, they may win 3 bids on players when they can only afford and/or want 1 players. The team can therefore take their preferred player and the other players go to the next highest bidder and so forth down the line. "?
First Question: Is this live bidding whilst all on Skype or blind bidding? Rules document seems to have both?
Second Question: If this player gets no bids above the starting bid price, they then enter Step 5 the Draft?
Step 5:
Is it the SCCKL price you are drafting a player at - Dangerfield $626,391?
Is it discretionary on contract years at this point - can lock in 1 year or 5?
