Covid IR Spots

[Preds]

Regarding Covid IR, I think it should be a separate list unrelated to standard IR. Standard IR means a player is out a minimum 4 weeks. Covid players could be out only 1 maybe 2 weeks.

Being on the NFL's Reserve-Covid list doesn't mean the player HAS Covid, it could also be that they were exposed and have to isolate for a period of time out of an abundance of caution. Using standard IR terms for these players further hurts Frenzy and SACD teams. I think we need to be really flexible to impose as little damage as possible.

I propose that we have a Covid-IR with something along the criteria below:

• Any player listed as Reserve-Covid is eligible up until the point they're taken off the list by their NFL team
• An unlimited number of players will be allowed on this list, if your team loses a player to the NFL's Reserve-Covid list they automatically move to Frenzy/SACD's Covid-IR.
• Once on Covid-IR the entire players contract doesn't count against the cap until the moment they're taken off the Covid-IR list
• 1 contract year is forgiven for players placed on Covid-IR
• UFA's picked up as 1 year replacements at or below the Covid-IR players salary will be automatically cut without penalty the moment the NFL team removes the player off the NFL's Reserve-Covid list. Basically, pickup any UFA at or below the Covid players salary for a 1 year deal and you will not be penalized for the replacements cut when the Covid player is removed off the list by their NFL team
• Teams will not receive cap hit relief on replacement UFA's if they either assign a replacement for multiple years OR bid above the Covid players salary.

As for Covid-Opt-Outs, I propose that we have a Covid-Opt-Out squad with the following terms:

• Any player that officially opts-out with their NFL team is eligible for the Opt-Out List (once the paperwork is officially submitted to the league. Players that officially opt out cannot reverse their decision at any point and are out the entire 2020 season.
• An unlimited number of players are eligible, however, they MUST be on your roster the day their Opt-Out becomes official with the NFL (ie no FA pickups to stash on Covid-IR)
• Players placed on the Frenzy/SACD Covid IR list are out for the entire 2020 Season
• Their contract will NOT count against the teams cap for 2020
• Contract years must be assigned by the Frenzy/SACD team prior to be eligible for the Covid-Opt-Out list (teams can declare years , then place on the list)
• 1 contract year is forgiven for players placed on Covid-IR
• Contract years WILL toll (meaning if a multiple year deal they come back in 2021 with 1 year less and normal applicable salary increases)
• If a player is on a 1 year deal, they will be RFA eligible in 2021, else they become a UFA
• If a team needs to cut a Covid-IR player at some point to make room with contract years on their roster, the NORMAL CAP HIT will apply

If the above generates support, I'll put up a poll for both leagues.

[Burt the Butcher]

I would go for this with one exception... Players who opt out, you should be retrieved of this entire contact, salary and years.

Do this contacts still roll over next year as normal?

What if you already have a bid going on a player, and before bidding is complete, a player goes out with Covid... Can you use this player as replacement if you win the bid?

Clarification, any player with 1 year contract, can be cut free of charge when Covid player is activated?

[Preds]

Originally Posted by Burt the Butcher

I would go for this with one exception... Players who opt out, you should be retrieved of this entire contact, salary and years.

Do this contacts still roll over next year as normal?

What if you already have a bid going on a player, and before bidding is complete, a player goes out with Covid... Can you use this player as replacement if you win the bid?

Clarification, any player with 1 year contract, can be cut free of charge when Covid player is activated?

Regarding Opt-Out players, I didn't include relief on all contract years as you still have the advantage of bringing this player back in 2021 under the 2021 terms of the contract. It's as if the 2020 season played and they sat on IR all year except NONE of the contract $'s count against the team, and like IR they get 1 year relief on contract years, but any above 1 still count. Come 2021, the contract would roll over as normal into whatever the normal 2021 terms would be at the normal salary increase and 1 year deducted from their contract years.

As for active bidding, I think upon acquisition you could designate a player as a Covid-replacement for X player and the Covid IR rules would apply. If the player is signed to a 1 year contract at a salary at or below the Covid-IR player, that would mean no cap hit and immediate release when the Covid-IR player returns. If you assign a UFA multiple years or a contract above the Covid-IR player's contract, they would NOT be eligible for any salary cap relief, and teams could cut any other player as normal within 24 hours (at the normal cap hit penalty) to make room for the returning player.

[Royal Hawaiian Opihi]

I'm in support of this. Let's vote!

[A Zombie Pirate I Be]

[*] UFA's picked up as 1 year replacements at or below the Covid-IR players salary will be automatically cut without penalty the moment the NFL team removes the player off the NFL's Reserve-Covid list. Basically, pickup any UFA at or below the Covid players salary for a 1 year deal and you will not be penalized for the replacements cut when the Covid player is removed off the list by their NFL team

DDM NOTE: How do you designate a "replacement player"?
I might have a player move to Covid-IR and win a bid on a player I plan to keep. Do you give a winning bid a "Covid Replacement" designation when you set Contract years OR do you give him that designation when you drop him?

[A Zombie Pirate I Be]

Disregard. I see you clarified i the vote thread.