2011 SBDC Declarations (done)

[The Knights of Ni]

Rookies to TS
QB Cam Newton Car - 5 years
WR Austin Pettis STL - 5 years
RB Bilal Powell NYJ - 5 years

Rookies to PS
TE Julius Thomas DEN - 5 years

Active Roster Contract Years
QB Matt Cassel KCC - 3 years
RB Thomas Jones KCC - 1 year
WR Miles Austin Dal - 2 years
WR Braylon Edwards SF - 1 year
WR Donald Driver GB - 1 year
WR Nate Burleson DET - 3 years
TE Kellen Winslow TB - 3 years
TE Ben Watson Clev - 1 year
K Josh Brown STL - 1 year
Def Chargers - 1 year

[Liquid Swords]

While updating the roster app, I've just noticed that Derby Cars are over the Taxi Squad contract years cap by 3 years.

Jimmy Claussen - 4 years
Jordan Shipley - 4 years
Cam Newton - 5 years
Austin Pettis - 5 years
Bilal Powell - 5 years

Does anyone remember if this had occurred before and if so what the precedent was? I'm thinking it's the loss of the lowest drafted player which would be Bilal Powell in this case.

[Royal Hawaiian Opihi]

I've looked through the rules, and it only says the total number of years can't exceed 20 (and no player can have more than 5 years max).
And to the best of my knowledge, we've never had this problem before in the FRENZY. Normally, we'd catch this right around the declaration time. Our bad.

I'm going to rule that the "penalty" is the last player added will have his contract years reduced to make it compliant to the 20 year max. In this case, Bilal Powell's contract will be 2 years.