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Originally Posted by Rain Man
Good points all.
Technically, teams don't have to be down to 53 players until free agent bidding starts on June 9th. And now that I think about it, they don't even have to be at 53 then. They just can't bid on free agents until then. We may have to make an adjustment to that rule to get them to 53 by the start of free agency for the reason you mentioned.
We're developing a nifty automated system to handle roster cutdowns and contract signings for abandoned teams. It's not in place yet so if someone's abandoned their team I may leap into the fray on June 8th and do it for them. I need to send some reminders to teams first, though, because I'm not sure who's abandoned and who's just bidiing their time, thinking and pondering and paciing in front of their desk as they ponder their roster moves.
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So I'm confused now. Are teams allowed to bid even if they're over their roster limit?
The reason this sucks is if you prepared for FA based on the bolded part (like I did), then you are at a distinct disadvantage compared to teams that did not follow the cutdown rule.
Now I'm bidding against people with 65+ players already on their roster?
I'm trying to win a starter's services while other people can decide if they want a player for depth, then cut someone later?
That's just plain shitty.