Post by Lee on Aug 7, 2021 17:33:37 GMT -6
Greetings all,
The UFA period is officially active. The four waiver processing dates will be:
Wednesday, Aug. 11th
Wednesday, Aug. 18th
Wednesday, Aug. 25th
Wednesday, Sept. 1st
All of the below applies from prior years:
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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:
Each week, teams will be able to make four waiver claims prior to the processing date. 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. One processing dates come, the waivers will be processed, and teams will be again be able to make their claims for processing the following week...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!
The UFA period is officially active. The four waiver processing dates will be:
Wednesday, Aug. 11th
Wednesday, Aug. 18th
Wednesday, Aug. 25th
Wednesday, Sept. 1st
All of the below applies from prior years:
------
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:
Each week, teams will be able to make four waiver claims prior to the processing date. 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. One processing dates come, the waivers will be processed, and teams will be again be able to make their claims for processing the following week...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!
