Hi all, it's your friendly co-commish (and defending champ

) with an update on this year's offseason schedule.
Here's what Redz and I have decided:
FIRST, PLEASE PM ME (fairweatherfan) TO CONFIRM YOU'RE STILL IN ON THE LEAGUE. I want to make sure ASAP we've got owners for every team, and that every owner is aware of the schedule. Redz I obviously know you're in already.
So, here's the gist:
- Trading is open as of right now, so you're welcome to begin negotiating deals with fellow GMs. You cannot trade future draft picks (meaning 2013 or later), but players and current draft picks are all on the table. Salary is not a factor in making trades but it will affect the cap space you have available for the auction.
- We'll be starting the rookie draft
Monday, August 27th. We'll do it the same as last year, with no scheduled time to pick - when it's your turn simply post your pick to the CBS board. This should probably take no more than 2-3 days to finish. Specific details will be posted separately.
- Keeper selections will be due
in this thread by
5 PM Eastern, Monday September 10th. You can submit them earlier, of course. Here are the key details:
You can keep up to 8 players from your active roster. You can keep fewer than that too, even 0 if you like.
You can also keep any farm team players without counting against the 8-player limit, BUT to do so they will immediately receive a $5 raise.
This is our first year with contract extensions. I'll put those details in another post to keep this one smaller. Suffice to say you'll have to choose between giving some keepers $5 raises or being forced to cut them at the end of the season. These decisions have to be made with the announcement of your keepers - you can't hold off til later.
- The auction will start approximately
Monday, September 17th. More details on this to come as well, but you should expect it to be very similar to past years.
I'll be emailing each of you a copy of this as well. Please let me know if you have any questions. Let's get ready for another great season!