2024 | SimNFL | Free Agency Announcement

[TuscanSota]

I would like to announce the start of SimNFL Free Agency.

 

For general info on using the SimNFL Free Agency page on the interface, please navigate here: 

 

 

Read below for the following rules for this year's Free Agency period:

• Each round of Free Agency will take place for exactly one week. There are ten rounds to free agency, meaning there will be 10 weeks of free agency.
• On each Tuesday at Noon EST, the Free Agency sync will occur. Teams will not be able to update their offers while the sync takes place.
• Teams can submit offers to any players however they like. Based on prior experience, if you submit an offer and then click on the same button again to update that offer, please either navigate from the page or reload the page AND THEN click on the button again to update the existing offer. This will prevent any further issues that may occur down the line. Please and thank you.
• All free agency players are considered in the open stage at the start of free agency.
• Players will enter the negotiation phase on their own, where new teams won't be able to submit new offers. Players in the negotiation phase will only consider the offers currently on the table.
• Any player in the negotiation phase that has no existing offers will be unavailable for the remainder of pre-SimNFL-Draft-Free-Agency.
• When a player is ready to sign, they will consider the highest offer in terms of contract value when making a decision to sign with a team.
• Once a player has made a decision, they will be viewable in the roster page & in the depth chart page. That contract is stuck with them too and is the signing team's responsibility.
• Teams that cancel offers during the negotiation phase will not be able to submit a second offer to the very same player.
• Players will not consider any Free Agency Bias during the Free Agency phases for this season. This will change by next season.

 

Some advice to consider:

• Teams are being given a lot more time this year to make contract offers and work out their finances. It is also easy for bidding wars to occur where contracts will balloon in value. Hell, we had a few bidding wars go above $50M last season. Basically, know when to update your offers in a bidding war, and know when to bow out.
  • Any contracts that are signed are permanent. Your team will be responsible for the contract and handling the contract. If you bid too much, you will need to find a way to manage your team around that contract.

 

Timetable for SimNFL Free Agency Syncs:

• Tuesdays at Noon EST
• Week 1 Sync: December 19th
• Week 2 Sync: December 26th
• Week 3 Sync: January 2nd
• Week 4 Sync: January 9th
• Week 5 Sync: January 16th
• Week 6 Sync: January 23rd
• Week 7 Sync: January 30th
• Week 8 Sync: February 6th
• Week 9 Sync: February 13th
• Week 10 Sync: February 20th

The final sync will coincide near the projected start date for the SimNFL Draft. Dev Diary will be available sometime in January on using the SimNFL Draft page on the interface.

 

~Tuscan