Post by Lee on Jul 8, 2018 6:17:51 GMT -6
I just updated the Everything You Need To Know thread with a full rundown of the UFA period, as the old thread regarding this was lost when we lost the Epic board. Below, you will find a copy and paste of what was placed there. Read it and make sure you understand! The Post-Draft UFA Period is active as of right now, and it will conclude on Wednesday, Aug. 1st (the day before the Hall of Fame Game!). Should make the weeks until that point pass quickly. 
Read the full rundown below!
Shortly after the Early Draft concludes, all undrafted players will be placed on waivers. This will usher in the beginning of a four-week UFA period during which teams will have a chance to fill their rosters. It is imperative that team managers know how this process works, as it's an intricate process that is wholly contingent on everyone handling it correctly...so if anyone has questions or about this process after reading the explanation, track down a veteran of the league and ask them for help! Without further delay, here is how the system works:
During the four week stretch, all players will be placed on the waiver wire, with waivers temporarily set to process on Wednesday of each week (typically during the regular season, the waiver system runs from Game Time - Tuesday). During this time, waiver priority will be set to reverse order of standings. Again, this differs from the regular season, when waiver priority is based on a continually rolling list. What this means, basically, is that at the end of every week during this four-week process, waiver priority will be reset to draft order. If you had the first waiver pick during week one of this, you'll have it for every week (and if you had the last, you'll have the last).
Each week, teams will be able to make four waiver claims prior to the Wednesday processing. Once again, that is only four claims (or player adds). This is based on an HONOR system, as there is no way for me to go in and ensure that each team has only made four claims - and I wouldn't if I could, anyway. Rest assured, though, that the penalty for making more than four claims, if a team is discovered to have done so, will be extremely harsh. By harsh, I'm talking about the forfeiture all players during that waiver week and the loss of top draft picks the following year. No extra waiver claim, which is essentially a benchwarmer, is worth that. Each Wednesday during the UFA period, the waivers will be processed, and teams will be again be able to make their claims for processing the following Wednesday...then rinse and repeat until the four weeks have passed.
The obvious question to this process is, "What happens if I make my four waiver claims, and I end up getting none of them?" The answer to that is...then you get none of them. That's part of the strategy of this part of the offseason. You have to decide what players are worth putting in a claim for. There will be weeks when you win one, maybe two (or maybe zero) of the players you tried to get. But then, there will be weeks when you go four-for-four. The UFA period is not a haphazard, add-whoever-you-want-whenever process. It's as much a strategy game as the draft. You have just as good a chance of going 0/16 through the UFA period as you do 16/16. Best of luck to you!
Read the full rundown below! Shortly after the Early Draft concludes, all undrafted players will be placed on waivers. This will usher in the beginning of a four-week UFA period during which teams will have a chance to fill their rosters. It is imperative that team managers know how this process works, as it's an intricate process that is wholly contingent on everyone handling it correctly...so if anyone has questions or about this process after reading the explanation, track down a veteran of the league and ask them for help! Without further delay, here is how the system works:
During the four week stretch, all players will be placed on the waiver wire, with waivers temporarily set to process on Wednesday of each week (typically during the regular season, the waiver system runs from Game Time - Tuesday). During this time, waiver priority will be set to reverse order of standings. Again, this differs from the regular season, when waiver priority is based on a continually rolling list. What this means, basically, is that at the end of every week during this four-week process, waiver priority will be reset to draft order. If you had the first waiver pick during week one of this, you'll have it for every week (and if you had the last, you'll have the last).
Each week, teams will be able to make four waiver claims prior to the Wednesday processing. Once again, that is only four claims (or player adds). This is based on an HONOR system, as there is no way for me to go in and ensure that each team has only made four claims - and I wouldn't if I could, anyway. Rest assured, though, that the penalty for making more than four claims, if a team is discovered to have done so, will be extremely harsh. By harsh, I'm talking about the forfeiture all players during that waiver week and the loss of top draft picks the following year. No extra waiver claim, which is essentially a benchwarmer, is worth that. Each Wednesday during the UFA period, the waivers will be processed, and teams will be again be able to make their claims for processing the following Wednesday...then rinse and repeat until the four weeks have passed.
The obvious question to this process is, "What happens if I make my four waiver claims, and I end up getting none of them?" The answer to that is...then you get none of them. That's part of the strategy of this part of the offseason. You have to decide what players are worth putting in a claim for. There will be weeks when you win one, maybe two (or maybe zero) of the players you tried to get. But then, there will be weeks when you go four-for-four. The UFA period is not a haphazard, add-whoever-you-want-whenever process. It's as much a strategy game as the draft. You have just as good a chance of going 0/16 through the UFA period as you do 16/16. Best of luck to you!
