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Re: Free Agency
Some of the main points of the free agency to come in for 2012.
• Players delisted by a club on or before 31 October will be unrestricted free agents.
• If a player has completed 8 seasons at a club on the primary list and is NOT in the top 25% of salaries (at that club), they are eligible for unrestricted free agency when their contract expires. Their current club does NOT have the option to match an offer
• If a player has completed 8 or more seasons at a club on the primary list and are in the top 25% of salaries (at that club), they are eligible for RESTRICTED free agency when their contract expires. Their current club has the opportunity to match the preferred option that the player chooses. If the offer is matched, the player then has the opportunity to stay with the current club, seek a trade or enter the draft.
• If a player has served 10 or more seasons on the primary list at one club and has already come out of contract once before after 8 or more seasons, then the next time their contract ends, they will be eligible for unrestricted free agency. The player can choose their preferred option and their current club does NOT have the right to match that offer.
• All offers from clubs can only include capped salary and capped Additional Services Agreement (ASA) amount.
• Compensation in the form of draft pick(s) will apply to clubs with a NET loss of free agents in a transfer period.
• The veterans list will be amended to apply to players with 10years service at a club (no mention of age) and will be a set amount of TPP per player calculated as a % of TPP. This differs from the currently policy of 50% of a player’s salary for up to 2 players (1/n for more than 2 players, where n= number of veterans)
Obviously the critical thing will be enforcing the independent third party deals that certain clubs (you know who) like to use.
In reality, there are probably few occasions where a player will have played 8 seasons with a club and not be in the top 25% of salaries at that club, unless a high percentage of players were recruited over a one/two year period.
This may mean that clubs will try and get players on longer term contracts after they’ve been at a club for 6-7 years and conversely, player managers will be doing everything to ensure a player comes out of contract after 8 years and again after 10 years.
The compensation aspect is interesting, not only to work out what the formula is but also that it’s based on a net loss of free agents. Thus if a team were to lose a great player and pick up an average player they wouldn’t get compensated as they’ve lost one player and gained one player.
Some of the main points of the free agency to come in for 2012.
• Players delisted by a club on or before 31 October will be unrestricted free agents.
• If a player has completed 8 seasons at a club on the primary list and is NOT in the top 25% of salaries (at that club), they are eligible for unrestricted free agency when their contract expires. Their current club does NOT have the option to match an offer
• If a player has completed 8 or more seasons at a club on the primary list and are in the top 25% of salaries (at that club), they are eligible for RESTRICTED free agency when their contract expires. Their current club has the opportunity to match the preferred option that the player chooses. If the offer is matched, the player then has the opportunity to stay with the current club, seek a trade or enter the draft.
• If a player has served 10 or more seasons on the primary list at one club and has already come out of contract once before after 8 or more seasons, then the next time their contract ends, they will be eligible for unrestricted free agency. The player can choose their preferred option and their current club does NOT have the right to match that offer.
• All offers from clubs can only include capped salary and capped Additional Services Agreement (ASA) amount.
• Compensation in the form of draft pick(s) will apply to clubs with a NET loss of free agents in a transfer period.
• The veterans list will be amended to apply to players with 10years service at a club (no mention of age) and will be a set amount of TPP per player calculated as a % of TPP. This differs from the currently policy of 50% of a player’s salary for up to 2 players (1/n for more than 2 players, where n= number of veterans)
Obviously the critical thing will be enforcing the independent third party deals that certain clubs (you know who) like to use.
In reality, there are probably few occasions where a player will have played 8 seasons with a club and not be in the top 25% of salaries at that club, unless a high percentage of players were recruited over a one/two year period.
This may mean that clubs will try and get players on longer term contracts after they’ve been at a club for 6-7 years and conversely, player managers will be doing everything to ensure a player comes out of contract after 8 years and again after 10 years.
The compensation aspect is interesting, not only to work out what the formula is but also that it’s based on a net loss of free agents. Thus if a team were to lose a great player and pick up an average player they wouldn’t get compensated as they’ve lost one player and gained one player.
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