Post by Brad (Texas Hellfire) on Jul 23, 2012 14:52:57 GMT -6
All players taken in the NFL Supplemental Draft every year are subject to the following procedure:
They are NOT free agents. They must be bid upon to be awarded to a team. Any player taken in the NFL Supplemental Draft and not bid on or not awarded to a team will be come a USFL free agent at the conclusion of the procedure below.
Bids will be accepted any time after the conclusion of the NFL Supplemental Draft until 11:59 pm July 31. On August 1st the bids will be unsealed and the players will be awarded.
Bid Restrictions:
All bids will be a bid of a single round draft pick from the next USFL draft. All bids must be submitted to the current league commissioner via message board PM. Teams must still own the pick with which they are bidding or the bid becomes invalid. Teams can only bid with their own picks, not picks acquired from other teams in trades. If the current commissioner wishes to bid, then he must send the current co-commissioner a PM with the pick that he bids for confirmation. ALL PM's sent with pick bids in them must have the players name or supplemental draft and the word "bid" in the subject . . . this is required because of the next part of the rule . . . ALL PM's labeled as such constitute official bids and the PM's will remain UNOPENED until the time deadline has expired. If teams change their minds about their bids before the deadline they can either cancel their bid outright via PM or Public Post or they can submit a 2nd (or 3rd or 4th . . . ) PM with the confidential subject line that will remain sealed. Only a team's LAST submission within the deadline will be opened and counted as their bid.
Awarding the Player:
The team bidding the best (lowest) round pick will be awarded the player. Ties for multiple teams submitting pick bids in the same round will be broken via the previous USFL draft's order. That is, pick 1.03 will be awarded the player before pick 1.04 or any other later pick. Note that this draft position is your team actual order of finish from the previous year and due to trades may or may not be the position in which you actually drafted.
The team awarded the player will give up the pick they bid in the next USFL draft and make any roster drops necessary to not violate those rules. If no bids are submitted on a player, then that player becomes a free agent.
When a player is awarded to a team, a post will be made in the Add/Drop forum that will list the bidding team(s) with all bids received for the player, the winning bid and which team the player is awarded to. Teams will have 24 hours to protest the decision after the player is awarded, in case there were lost or overlooked PM's. If either the commissioner or the co-commissioner is found to have opened a confidential PM and then submits another bid after receiving this additional information, they will be immediately disqualified from signing the posted player.
Supplemental Draft and USFL Free Agency:
It should often be the case that USFL Free Agency will open before August 1st. In that case all players taken in the NFL Supplemental Draft are still restricted from being picked up as free agents until the bidding/awarding process is complete.
They are NOT free agents. They must be bid upon to be awarded to a team. Any player taken in the NFL Supplemental Draft and not bid on or not awarded to a team will be come a USFL free agent at the conclusion of the procedure below.
Bids will be accepted any time after the conclusion of the NFL Supplemental Draft until 11:59 pm July 31. On August 1st the bids will be unsealed and the players will be awarded.
Bid Restrictions:
All bids will be a bid of a single round draft pick from the next USFL draft. All bids must be submitted to the current league commissioner via message board PM. Teams must still own the pick with which they are bidding or the bid becomes invalid. Teams can only bid with their own picks, not picks acquired from other teams in trades. If the current commissioner wishes to bid, then he must send the current co-commissioner a PM with the pick that he bids for confirmation. ALL PM's sent with pick bids in them must have the players name or supplemental draft and the word "bid" in the subject . . . this is required because of the next part of the rule . . . ALL PM's labeled as such constitute official bids and the PM's will remain UNOPENED until the time deadline has expired. If teams change their minds about their bids before the deadline they can either cancel their bid outright via PM or Public Post or they can submit a 2nd (or 3rd or 4th . . . ) PM with the confidential subject line that will remain sealed. Only a team's LAST submission within the deadline will be opened and counted as their bid.
Awarding the Player:
The team bidding the best (lowest) round pick will be awarded the player. Ties for multiple teams submitting pick bids in the same round will be broken via the previous USFL draft's order. That is, pick 1.03 will be awarded the player before pick 1.04 or any other later pick. Note that this draft position is your team actual order of finish from the previous year and due to trades may or may not be the position in which you actually drafted.
The team awarded the player will give up the pick they bid in the next USFL draft and make any roster drops necessary to not violate those rules. If no bids are submitted on a player, then that player becomes a free agent.
When a player is awarded to a team, a post will be made in the Add/Drop forum that will list the bidding team(s) with all bids received for the player, the winning bid and which team the player is awarded to. Teams will have 24 hours to protest the decision after the player is awarded, in case there were lost or overlooked PM's. If either the commissioner or the co-commissioner is found to have opened a confidential PM and then submits another bid after receiving this additional information, they will be immediately disqualified from signing the posted player.
Supplemental Draft and USFL Free Agency:
It should often be the case that USFL Free Agency will open before August 1st. In that case all players taken in the NFL Supplemental Draft are still restricted from being picked up as free agents until the bidding/awarding process is complete.
