Post by Odin on Apr 24, 2014 3:50:37 GMT -6
Player Contract Rules
No team can sign a contract that will put it over the hard cap ($80m). This applies to resignings and offerings to free agents. Any single offer that would put a team over the hard cap is illegal. For purposes of this rule, there is no such thing as simultaneous resignings. If a team accepts three resignings and the third would put it over the hard cap only after resigning the other two, the third is illegal.
How much a player can be offered by a team is determined by a number of rules.
Starting Salary
Maximum
1-6 Years of Experience: 25% of Soft Cap ($12,500,000)
7-9 Years of Experience: 30% of Soft Cap ($15,000,000)
10+ Years of Experience: 35% of Soft Cap ($17,500,000)
One year maxes can only be sent for players 29 and over.
For players under 29, the one year max salary is $7,000,000 regardless of experience, and
Two year contracts have a maximum starting salary of $9,000,000 regardless of experience.
These values can be further modified by Bird rights as listed below.
Minimum
Also determined by years in the league:
0 - $332,817
1 - $465,850
2 - $540,850
3 - $565,850
4 - $590,850
5 - $653,350
6 - $715,860
7 - $778,350
8 - $840,850
9 - $965,850
$1,000,000 otherwise
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Length and Raises
If a player is signing with a new team:
1) The player can receive a raise each year of up to 10% of the value of the first year of the contract.
2) The maximum value of the first year of the contract is the smaller of the amount of cap room the team has and the maximum salary the player can receive based up his experience in the league.
3) The contract can be for up to 6 seasons.
4) For players under 29, the maximum value of the first year of the contract cannot exceed $7m on a 1 year deal or $9m on a 2 year deal.
If a player is resigning with his previous team and has 3 or more bird years:
1) The player can receive a raise each year of up to 12.5% of the value of the first year of the contract
2) The player can receive the larger of the maximum salary based on his experience and 105% of his previous salary in the first year of the contract.
3) The contract can be for up to 7 seasons.
If a player is resigning with his previous team and has less than 3 bird years:
1) The player can receive a raise of up to 10% of the value of the first year of the contract.
2) The player can receive the larger of the team's salary cap room (up to the maximum salary) or 120% of his previous salary in the first year of the contract.
3) The contract can be for up to 2 seasons if using the 120% figure or 6 seasons otherwise.
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Exceptions
Teams also may offer a player one of their two salary cap exceptions if before or after signing the team is over the soft cap:
1) Mid Exception (MLE) - one-year offer of $4,500,000
2) Low Exception (LLE) - one-year offer of $1,200,000
Each exception may only be used once per season.
The software sometimes lets a team sign multiple MLEs. This does not mean you can keep offering it after signing one.
Once signed, the MLE can be extended for one year ($5,400,000) or two years ($5,400,000; $6,300,000).
This cannot be done if you already have an extended MLE on your roster, regardless of who extended it.
This must be done by the second round of the playoffs of the first year of the contract.
Having any number of MLEs on your roster, extended or otherwise, is no barrier to offering the MLE.
Any team can offer any player a minimum contract of exactly one year.
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Bird Years
Bird years are the number of seasons a player has gone without changing teams via free agency. When a player is traded, he maintains his Bird years.
No team can sign a contract that will put it over the hard cap ($80m). This applies to resignings and offerings to free agents. Any single offer that would put a team over the hard cap is illegal. For purposes of this rule, there is no such thing as simultaneous resignings. If a team accepts three resignings and the third would put it over the hard cap only after resigning the other two, the third is illegal.
How much a player can be offered by a team is determined by a number of rules.
Starting Salary
Maximum
1-6 Years of Experience: 25% of Soft Cap ($12,500,000)
7-9 Years of Experience: 30% of Soft Cap ($15,000,000)
10+ Years of Experience: 35% of Soft Cap ($17,500,000)
One year maxes can only be sent for players 29 and over.
For players under 29, the one year max salary is $7,000,000 regardless of experience, and
Two year contracts have a maximum starting salary of $9,000,000 regardless of experience.
These values can be further modified by Bird rights as listed below.
Minimum
Also determined by years in the league:
0 - $332,817
1 - $465,850
2 - $540,850
3 - $565,850
4 - $590,850
5 - $653,350
6 - $715,860
7 - $778,350
8 - $840,850
9 - $965,850
$1,000,000 otherwise
.
Length and Raises
If a player is signing with a new team:
1) The player can receive a raise each year of up to 10% of the value of the first year of the contract.
2) The maximum value of the first year of the contract is the smaller of the amount of cap room the team has and the maximum salary the player can receive based up his experience in the league.
3) The contract can be for up to 6 seasons.
4) For players under 29, the maximum value of the first year of the contract cannot exceed $7m on a 1 year deal or $9m on a 2 year deal.
If a player is resigning with his previous team and has 3 or more bird years:
1) The player can receive a raise each year of up to 12.5% of the value of the first year of the contract
2) The player can receive the larger of the maximum salary based on his experience and 105% of his previous salary in the first year of the contract.
3) The contract can be for up to 7 seasons.
If a player is resigning with his previous team and has less than 3 bird years:
1) The player can receive a raise of up to 10% of the value of the first year of the contract.
2) The player can receive the larger of the team's salary cap room (up to the maximum salary) or 120% of his previous salary in the first year of the contract.
3) The contract can be for up to 2 seasons if using the 120% figure or 6 seasons otherwise.
.
Exceptions
Teams also may offer a player one of their two salary cap exceptions if before or after signing the team is over the soft cap:
1) Mid Exception (MLE) - one-year offer of $4,500,000
2) Low Exception (LLE) - one-year offer of $1,200,000
Each exception may only be used once per season.
The software sometimes lets a team sign multiple MLEs. This does not mean you can keep offering it after signing one.
Once signed, the MLE can be extended for one year ($5,400,000) or two years ($5,400,000; $6,300,000).
This cannot be done if you already have an extended MLE on your roster, regardless of who extended it.
This must be done by the second round of the playoffs of the first year of the contract.
Having any number of MLEs on your roster, extended or otherwise, is no barrier to offering the MLE.
Any team can offer any player a minimum contract of exactly one year.
.
Bird Years
Bird years are the number of seasons a player has gone without changing teams via free agency. When a player is traded, he maintains his Bird years.
