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RManz · January 14th, 2015, 11:49 AM

Guys - I see both side of the coin you are on and here's my version of trying to make sense of it. I absolutely see why the playoff teams don't want the non-playoff teams having the potential to impact the playoffs.

My sticking point is the wording of the rule "Any players acquired by playoff teams between weeks 14 and 17 may only be assigned 1 year contracts ". That's fine for players who were BID. Only the playoff teams are impacted. No issue.

But a WAVIED player may have a multi year contract (NOT a 1 year contract), so a playoff team can gain a multi year advantage by claiming him. The wording of the rule doesn't match reality because waived players can have multi year contact values.

BUT, now I paint a scenario... say Peyton gets hurt in week 2 of the playoffs. A playoff team cuts him as they need to sign a healthy QB for their run. Any team may wish to claim Peyton so they have rights to him and can get points compensation. How many players now hit the waiver wire to make room for Peyton. This could certainly impact the playoffs.

I was batting around these ideas, but I can't find the perfect answer. As the scenario exists, playoff teams gain a known edge on muli-year contact waived players. In other scenarios, there is potential for playoff teams to be impacted by moves made by teams not in the playoffs.

Some thoughts....
A) Reduce the contracts of all waived players to 1 year to match the rule (we'd need to be sure we don't discount the cap penalty if the waived player had a multi year deal). Non-playoff teams cannot claim. No multi year advantage for playoff teams.
B) Allow playoff teams to ONLY waive players with 1 year contracts. May be limiting, but no advantage on multi year contracts for playoff teams and non-playoff team don't impact the playoffs
C) Allow non-playoff teams to only claim waived multi year contacts so they can't mess with the playoff team.

Again, any time we allow playoff teams to claim players, there is the chance they too cut players. And I don't think we want to go the other way and say that players cut by non-playoff teams cannot be claimed by playoff teams. (stops non-playoff teams from messing with the playoffs, but not playoff teams may miss out a multi year player they want).

January 14th, 2015, 11:49 AM	#17
RManz Feeding Frenzy Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,044	Re: Rule Change (part deux): Concerning players waived during the playoffs * PASSES** Guys - I see both side of the coin you are on and here's my version of trying to make sense of it. I absolutely see why the playoff teams don't want the non-playoff teams having the potential to impact the playoffs. My sticking point is the wording of the rule "Any players acquired by playoff teams between weeks 14 and 17 may only be assigned 1 year contracts ". That's fine for players who were BID. Only the playoff teams are impacted. No issue. But a WAVIED player may have a multi year contract (NOT a 1 year contract), so a playoff team can gain a multi year advantage by claiming him. The wording of the rule doesn't match reality because waived players can have multi year contact values. BUT, now I paint a scenario... say Peyton gets hurt in week 2 of the playoffs. A playoff team cuts him as they need to sign a healthy QB for their run. Any team may wish to claim Peyton so they have rights to him and can get points compensation. How many players now hit the waiver wire to make room for Peyton. This could certainly impact the playoffs. I was batting around these ideas, but I can't find the perfect answer. As the scenario exists, playoff teams gain a known edge on muli-year contact waived players. In other scenarios, there is potential for playoff teams to be impacted by moves made by teams not in the playoffs. Some thoughts.... A) Reduce the contracts of all waived players to 1 year to match the rule (we'd need to be sure we don't discount the cap penalty if the waived player had a multi year deal). Non-playoff teams cannot claim. No multi year advantage for playoff teams. B) Allow playoff teams to ONLY waive players with 1 year contracts. May be limiting, but no advantage on multi year contracts for playoff teams and non-playoff team don't impact the playoffs C) Allow non-playoff teams to only claim waived multi year contacts so they can't mess with the playoff team. Again, any time we allow playoff teams to claim players, there is the chance they too cut players. And I don't think we want to go the other way and say that players cut by non-playoff teams cannot be claimed by playoff teams. (stops non-playoff teams from messing with the playoffs, but not playoff teams may miss out a multi year player they want).