GAME RULES
***Subject to change
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RULES
Salary Cap- $1000 hard salary cap at initial draft (becomes a soft cap each offseason only as far as resigning your own players- see Free Agency).
You can go over the salary cap to resign players that have been under contract for 3+ years by as much as 10% of the current salary cap but there is a hard cap (See Free Agency). Any team over the salary cap can not sign other teams free agents or take on any money in trades.
If you are under the salary cap, you can take on money in trades without satisfying the 125%+$1 rule as long as the trade does not put you at or over the cap.
The salary cap will rise 1% every year.
Initial Draft- There will be a minimum of nine players up for auction at a time. Players will remain “free agents” until no legal bid (a bid that would win the player) has been made on them for 4 hours. The clock begins when I post the leading bid in the draft page not when the bid was made. Once four hours passes without a new leading bid, that player will “sign” with the team with the leading bid and another player will immediately be put on the auction block. Bids can be made by any team up to their max remaining bid, but teams can only bid on one player at a time. Five years is the maximum years allowed per contract. If there is a tie in money per year, the player will sign with whichever team offers them more years. If there is a tie in both money and years, the player will sign with whichever team made the first offer. All leading bids will be open for all teams to see although it won’t be made known which team made the bid. Leading bid will be the first legal bid received in my PM or email (bish1324@gmail.com). The commissioner will post the bids which would be needed to beat the current leading bid on the auction page.
Changing the years obviously will change the amount of money needed to sign a player.
The clock will go to three hours and eventually down to two hours per player at the Commissioners discretion.
Player Contracts- Teams can offer players contracts up to their maximum salary slot available for as few as one year or as many as five years in the initial draft. All contracts will be stable, meaning there will be no increasing or decreasing salaries depending on year. If you are paying a player $100 this year, he will make $100 for the life of his contract.
Rosters- Each team must have 15 players on it at all times in season. Teams can also have up to three players on an "exempt list". These players can be retired players, "draft and stash" players (See College Draft), or college "holdouts" (See College Draft). Teams will not have to use their salary cap space to pay the salaries of players on the "exempt list".
Trades- Just like past auction drafts all trades must follow the 125%+$1 rule during the draft and anytime afterwards if one of the teams is at the salary cap. Teams that are under the salary cap can make trades that don’t adhere to this rule as long as the trade does not violate the salary cap. No trade will be legal if it puts you: A) over the salary cap or B) without enough money to fill out your 15 man roster.
Trading Draft Picks- Teams can trade future draft picks but just like the NBA, you can't trade two consecutive first rounders and no team can trade any picks more than three years out.
In Season- Each team must keep a full 15 man roster at all times. At no point during the season can any team go over the $1000 salary cap (unless it started the season above due to resigning of their own player). If a team does start above the cap due to their resigning of a player then there total salary can not rise in season.
Released Players- All released players will count against your salary cap for the length of their contracts.
Waiver Wire- Any player who is released from their team after the initial draft will go onto the waiver wire. If a team wants to sign a player that is on the waiver wire they will assume their last contract and the contract will then be removed from the team that released that player. The waiver wire will work in inverse order of the standings at the time the player is released if more than one team puts in a claim. Players will remain on the waiver wire for 48 hours. If no team puts in a claim for that player, then they will become a free agent open to sign a new contract with any team and their old contract will remain on the payroll of their last team.
Exempt List- Players who have not been signed to an NBA contract (whether it be free agent or draft pick), who have retired from the NBA, or who are a "college holdout" (See NBA draft) are eligible for the exempt list. Each team has room for three players on the exempt list. Teams will receive an exemption for any player on their EL which can be used to sign or trade for any player on a one year deal. Players must remain on the exempt list until they sign with an NBA team (free agent), are released/traded by their BaF team, or until their BaF contract expires. If a player on the exempt list returns to the NBA, then their BaF team must immediately activate them or release them. Releasing a player off the exempt list will count against the salary cap. Any player signed to take the place of a player on the exempt list can only be signed to a 1 year contract up to amount of money that the exempted player was making. If a team activates a player off of the EL, they must waive the "exempted" player with no salary cap penalty.
Retired Players- A player who retires from the NBA will be placed on the "Exempt List". Teams will not be responsible for a players salary as long as they are on the "Exempt List". If a player "unretires" during the course of the BaF contract, then that team will resume responsibility for that contract.
NBA Draft- A lottery will be held to determine draft order for the 14 teams which fail to qualify for the NBA playoffs. This will also mirror the actual NBA lottery. We will hold our two round draft the week following the actual NBA draft. No team can ever have more than 15 players on their active roster or go over the salary cap to sign a drafted player. Drafted players will have salary slots which are listed below. All first round draft picks will be automatically signed for three years. Lottery picks have a fourth year option that must be picked up by the end of the players second year. All second round draft picks will be signed for two years with a team option for year three which must be picked up after year one. Teams are responsible for managing their salary cap and roster to ensure that they can fit a rookie onto their team at their draft slot. If a team drafts a player that signs with an NBA team, they will have one year to sign him. If they can not agree to a contract within one year, then that player will become a free agent.
2019
Draft Slot Salary
1 3/67 $201 total
2 3/60 $180 total
3 3/54 $162 total
4 3/48 $144 total
5 3/44 $132 total
6 3/40 $120 total
7 3/36 $108 total
8 3/33 $99 total
9 3/30 $90 total
10 3/29 $87 total
11 3/27 $81 total
12 3/26 $78 total
13 3/25 $75 total
14 3/23 $69 total
15 3/22 $66 total
16 3/21 $63 total
17 3/20 $60 total
18 3/19 $57 total
19 3/18 $54 total
20 3/17 $51 total
21 3/17 $51 total
22 3/16 $48 total
23 3/15 $45 total
24 3/15 $45 total
25 3/14 $42 total
26 3/14 $42 total
27 3/13 $39 total
28 3/13 $39 total
29 3/13 $39 total
30 3/13 $39 total
31 2/12 $24 total
32 2/12 $24 total
33 2/12 $24 total
34 2/11 $22 total
35 2/11 $22 total
36 2/11 $22 total
37 2/10 $20 total
38 2/10 $20 total
39 2/10 $20 total
40 2/9 $18 total
41 2/9 $18 total
42 2/9 $18 total
43 2/8 $16 total
44 2/8 $16 total
45 2/8 $16 total
46 2/7 $14 total
47 2/7 $14 total
48 2/7 $14 total
49 2/6 $12 total
50 2/6 $12 total
51 2/5 $10 total
52 2/5 $10 total
53 2/4 $8 total
54 2/4 $8 total
55 2/3 $6 total
56 2/3 $6 total
57 2/2 $4 total
58 2/2 $4 total
59 2/1 $2 total
60 2/1 $2 total
"Draft and stash"- Teams that do not have a roster spot and/or salary space can draft a player who they will "stash" on their "Exempt List". A player is only eligible for this list if they do not sign a contract with their actual NBA team after being drafted. These players can remain on the "Exempt List" until they sign an NBA contract. Once they sign a contract, the team must take them off the "Exempt List" and sign him at the rate that their salary draft slot dictates. If a team does not have enough room under the salary cap to sign that player, then he will become a free agent.
"College Holdouts"- If a team does not have the salary cap room to sign a draft pick that player will "holdout" for one year before becoming a free agent. The team holds that players rights for the year but must be able to sign him by the following free agency period or else that player will be a free agent. A "holdout" can be placed on the teams three man "exempt list" assuming they have room. The year on the exempt list counts towards his original contract length (for example, a second round pick who would normally be signed for two years and $10 a year who spends on a year on the exempt list will be a free agent after playing only one season with the team who drafted him and placed him on the exempt list for a year.)
Free Agency-
Free Agency- Free agency will begin three days after our college draft is completed. A team can offer its own free agent a maximum of a new five year deal. A team can offer another teams free agent a maximum of four years on a new deal.
Free agency is designed so that players are more likely to resign with the team they finished the season with. This is done both through the extra year available to their current team as well as their current team being able to go over the salary cap to resign a player who was under contract for three years.
Teams can go over the current salary cap, by as much as 10%, to resign their own free agent if that player is coming off of a minimum of a three year deal.
COACHING SETTINGS
Team Offense:
1. Balanced
2. Pace & Space
3. Perimeter Focus
4. Post Focus
5. Grind
6. Seven Seconds
Team Defense:
1. Straight - (Basic man to man defense with no adjustments)
2. Switch - (Pick and Rolls will be switched nullifying the pick and roll while possibly leaving a poor matchup)
3. Attack - (Defenders will attack the perimeter helping to reduce three point attempts and allowing for more drives to your interior defense)
4. Passive - (Defenders will protect the paint area more by sagging off defenders. This will reduce drives and post passes but allow more outside shots)
Commissioner's Powers- The commissioner has the ability to act in the best interest of BaF and has the ability to change or modify these rules or add to the rules if needed over the course of the League.
RULE CHANGES
ROSTER SIZE- Each team only needs 13 players signed to their active roster rather than 15. Goes into effect beginning in the 2018 offseason and 2018-19 season. Approved 9/1/17
FREE AGENT SIGNINGS- Players that sign as a free agent cannot be traded until after January 15th of the SIM season. Approved 6/24/18
Salary Cap- $1000 hard salary cap at initial draft (becomes a soft cap each offseason only as far as resigning your own players- see Free Agency).
You can go over the salary cap to resign players that have been under contract for 3+ years by as much as 10% of the current salary cap but there is a hard cap (See Free Agency). Any team over the salary cap can not sign other teams free agents or take on any money in trades.
If you are under the salary cap, you can take on money in trades without satisfying the 125%+$1 rule as long as the trade does not put you at or over the cap.
The salary cap will rise 1% every year.
Initial Draft- There will be a minimum of nine players up for auction at a time. Players will remain “free agents” until no legal bid (a bid that would win the player) has been made on them for 4 hours. The clock begins when I post the leading bid in the draft page not when the bid was made. Once four hours passes without a new leading bid, that player will “sign” with the team with the leading bid and another player will immediately be put on the auction block. Bids can be made by any team up to their max remaining bid, but teams can only bid on one player at a time. Five years is the maximum years allowed per contract. If there is a tie in money per year, the player will sign with whichever team offers them more years. If there is a tie in both money and years, the player will sign with whichever team made the first offer. All leading bids will be open for all teams to see although it won’t be made known which team made the bid. Leading bid will be the first legal bid received in my PM or email (bish1324@gmail.com). The commissioner will post the bids which would be needed to beat the current leading bid on the auction page.
Changing the years obviously will change the amount of money needed to sign a player.
The clock will go to three hours and eventually down to two hours per player at the Commissioners discretion.
Player Contracts- Teams can offer players contracts up to their maximum salary slot available for as few as one year or as many as five years in the initial draft. All contracts will be stable, meaning there will be no increasing or decreasing salaries depending on year. If you are paying a player $100 this year, he will make $100 for the life of his contract.
Rosters- Each team must have 15 players on it at all times in season. Teams can also have up to three players on an "exempt list". These players can be retired players, "draft and stash" players (See College Draft), or college "holdouts" (See College Draft). Teams will not have to use their salary cap space to pay the salaries of players on the "exempt list".
Trades- Just like past auction drafts all trades must follow the 125%+$1 rule during the draft and anytime afterwards if one of the teams is at the salary cap. Teams that are under the salary cap can make trades that don’t adhere to this rule as long as the trade does not violate the salary cap. No trade will be legal if it puts you: A) over the salary cap or B) without enough money to fill out your 15 man roster.
Trading Draft Picks- Teams can trade future draft picks but just like the NBA, you can't trade two consecutive first rounders and no team can trade any picks more than three years out.
In Season- Each team must keep a full 15 man roster at all times. At no point during the season can any team go over the $1000 salary cap (unless it started the season above due to resigning of their own player). If a team does start above the cap due to their resigning of a player then there total salary can not rise in season.
Released Players- All released players will count against your salary cap for the length of their contracts.
Waiver Wire- Any player who is released from their team after the initial draft will go onto the waiver wire. If a team wants to sign a player that is on the waiver wire they will assume their last contract and the contract will then be removed from the team that released that player. The waiver wire will work in inverse order of the standings at the time the player is released if more than one team puts in a claim. Players will remain on the waiver wire for 48 hours. If no team puts in a claim for that player, then they will become a free agent open to sign a new contract with any team and their old contract will remain on the payroll of their last team.
Exempt List- Players who have not been signed to an NBA contract (whether it be free agent or draft pick), who have retired from the NBA, or who are a "college holdout" (See NBA draft) are eligible for the exempt list. Each team has room for three players on the exempt list. Teams will receive an exemption for any player on their EL which can be used to sign or trade for any player on a one year deal. Players must remain on the exempt list until they sign with an NBA team (free agent), are released/traded by their BaF team, or until their BaF contract expires. If a player on the exempt list returns to the NBA, then their BaF team must immediately activate them or release them. Releasing a player off the exempt list will count against the salary cap. Any player signed to take the place of a player on the exempt list can only be signed to a 1 year contract up to amount of money that the exempted player was making. If a team activates a player off of the EL, they must waive the "exempted" player with no salary cap penalty.
Retired Players- A player who retires from the NBA will be placed on the "Exempt List". Teams will not be responsible for a players salary as long as they are on the "Exempt List". If a player "unretires" during the course of the BaF contract, then that team will resume responsibility for that contract.
NBA Draft- A lottery will be held to determine draft order for the 14 teams which fail to qualify for the NBA playoffs. This will also mirror the actual NBA lottery. We will hold our two round draft the week following the actual NBA draft. No team can ever have more than 15 players on their active roster or go over the salary cap to sign a drafted player. Drafted players will have salary slots which are listed below. All first round draft picks will be automatically signed for three years. Lottery picks have a fourth year option that must be picked up by the end of the players second year. All second round draft picks will be signed for two years with a team option for year three which must be picked up after year one. Teams are responsible for managing their salary cap and roster to ensure that they can fit a rookie onto their team at their draft slot. If a team drafts a player that signs with an NBA team, they will have one year to sign him. If they can not agree to a contract within one year, then that player will become a free agent.
2019
Draft Slot Salary
1 3/67 $201 total
2 3/60 $180 total
3 3/54 $162 total
4 3/48 $144 total
5 3/44 $132 total
6 3/40 $120 total
7 3/36 $108 total
8 3/33 $99 total
9 3/30 $90 total
10 3/29 $87 total
11 3/27 $81 total
12 3/26 $78 total
13 3/25 $75 total
14 3/23 $69 total
15 3/22 $66 total
16 3/21 $63 total
17 3/20 $60 total
18 3/19 $57 total
19 3/18 $54 total
20 3/17 $51 total
21 3/17 $51 total
22 3/16 $48 total
23 3/15 $45 total
24 3/15 $45 total
25 3/14 $42 total
26 3/14 $42 total
27 3/13 $39 total
28 3/13 $39 total
29 3/13 $39 total
30 3/13 $39 total
31 2/12 $24 total
32 2/12 $24 total
33 2/12 $24 total
34 2/11 $22 total
35 2/11 $22 total
36 2/11 $22 total
37 2/10 $20 total
38 2/10 $20 total
39 2/10 $20 total
40 2/9 $18 total
41 2/9 $18 total
42 2/9 $18 total
43 2/8 $16 total
44 2/8 $16 total
45 2/8 $16 total
46 2/7 $14 total
47 2/7 $14 total
48 2/7 $14 total
49 2/6 $12 total
50 2/6 $12 total
51 2/5 $10 total
52 2/5 $10 total
53 2/4 $8 total
54 2/4 $8 total
55 2/3 $6 total
56 2/3 $6 total
57 2/2 $4 total
58 2/2 $4 total
59 2/1 $2 total
60 2/1 $2 total
"Draft and stash"- Teams that do not have a roster spot and/or salary space can draft a player who they will "stash" on their "Exempt List". A player is only eligible for this list if they do not sign a contract with their actual NBA team after being drafted. These players can remain on the "Exempt List" until they sign an NBA contract. Once they sign a contract, the team must take them off the "Exempt List" and sign him at the rate that their salary draft slot dictates. If a team does not have enough room under the salary cap to sign that player, then he will become a free agent.
"College Holdouts"- If a team does not have the salary cap room to sign a draft pick that player will "holdout" for one year before becoming a free agent. The team holds that players rights for the year but must be able to sign him by the following free agency period or else that player will be a free agent. A "holdout" can be placed on the teams three man "exempt list" assuming they have room. The year on the exempt list counts towards his original contract length (for example, a second round pick who would normally be signed for two years and $10 a year who spends on a year on the exempt list will be a free agent after playing only one season with the team who drafted him and placed him on the exempt list for a year.)
Free Agency-
Free Agency- Free agency will begin three days after our college draft is completed. A team can offer its own free agent a maximum of a new five year deal. A team can offer another teams free agent a maximum of four years on a new deal.
Free agency is designed so that players are more likely to resign with the team they finished the season with. This is done both through the extra year available to their current team as well as their current team being able to go over the salary cap to resign a player who was under contract for three years.
Teams can go over the current salary cap, by as much as 10%, to resign their own free agent if that player is coming off of a minimum of a three year deal.
COACHING SETTINGS
Team Offense:
1. Balanced
2. Pace & Space
3. Perimeter Focus
4. Post Focus
5. Grind
6. Seven Seconds
Team Defense:
1. Straight - (Basic man to man defense with no adjustments)
2. Switch - (Pick and Rolls will be switched nullifying the pick and roll while possibly leaving a poor matchup)
3. Attack - (Defenders will attack the perimeter helping to reduce three point attempts and allowing for more drives to your interior defense)
4. Passive - (Defenders will protect the paint area more by sagging off defenders. This will reduce drives and post passes but allow more outside shots)
Commissioner's Powers- The commissioner has the ability to act in the best interest of BaF and has the ability to change or modify these rules or add to the rules if needed over the course of the League.
RULE CHANGES
ROSTER SIZE- Each team only needs 13 players signed to their active roster rather than 15. Goes into effect beginning in the 2018 offseason and 2018-19 season. Approved 9/1/17
FREE AGENT SIGNINGS- Players that sign as a free agent cannot be traded until after January 15th of the SIM season. Approved 6/24/18
