Post by Raiders GM (KevinR) on Jan 28, 2021 8:01:50 GMT -5
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs) are free agents who have 3 years or less NFL experience. Years within the league will be determined by nfl.com at www.nfl.com/players.
Teams with an RFA rights tag will offer an initial contract tender, based on the tender prices below. Pro Bowl NFL will use a baseline price for salary when it comes to determining the tender value of any player, which will be a draft pick compensation based tender. The draft pick compensation based tender or the contract extension, will serve as the initial contract offer by the RFA rights team
The baseline prices for an initial tender and contract offer will work based on our UFA rules.
Free Agency multiplier:
$ x 1.0 for 1 year
$ x 1.2 for 2 years
$ x 1.4 for 3 years
$ x 1.6 for 4 years
$ x 2.0 for 5 years, no contract can extend pass 6yrs.
The Tender prices are listed below:
$6m Tender - 1st Rd Draft Pick
$4m Tender - 2nd Rd Draft Pick
$2.5m Tender - 3rd Rd Draft Pick
$1.5m Tender - 4th Rd Draft Pick
$.85m Tender - 5th Rd Draft Pick
$.65m Tender - ROFR (No pick compensation, Owning team has right to match winning offer)
(Multiple draft picks may be combined to offer a higher tender if wanted, but be aware, the tender salary also comes with that draft pick)(Example 1st Rd and 3rd Rd tender = 8.5m)
For a team to figure out the initial baseline price, the owning team will do the following:
1: Find the players extension salary.
2: Decide what tender to place on the player.
3: Decide how long of a contract to offer.
4: multiply the tender amount by the designated multiplier.
Here is an example:
The Cardinals want to offer Tyreek Hill a 1st rd tender.
1st rd tender is 6M, the Cardinals want to offer a 4 year contract.
6m (1st Rd tender price) x 1.6 (4 year multiplier) = 9.6 points
Here is the contract offer:
Cardinals offer a 1st Rd tender to Tyreek Hill.
4 years @ 6.0m = 9.6 Points.
Restricted Free Agent Bidding:
The RFA bidding process uses the same bidding rules, point system and minimum raise as the UFA bidding process. The only difference is the bid must also include the specific pick(s) that are being offered as compensation (the pick may be a higher round pick or multiple round picks than the tender level).
Once an initial bid is made for a player, other teams have 24 hours to raise the bid. Once the bid has been won, the tendering GM has 24 hours from the time the bid was won to decide whether to sign the player to the exact winning bid contract terms, or receive the compensation draft pick(s). If no decision is posted, the winning bidder signs the player for the compensation offered. You may not bid on your own player in an attempt to set your contract terms.
Note: The winning bid is the only bid that the tendering GM must deal with. Be sure to make a high enough bid to actually force the owner to give him up. You may not re-up the bid later.
*RFA Compensation Rule*
The GM that owns the RFA player can specify the year and pick desired for compensation. The pick will be based on the tender assigned but the owning team can specify a pick in the current year or the following year. The pick year desired must be posted in the tender thread.
EX: The Packers place a 2019 1st Rd. tender on Dak Prescott.
This will allow the owning team to get a more desired pick as compensation. The team can also post the compensation as "Any Year"
EX: The Packers place a 1st Rd Tender (Any Year) on Dak Prescott.
In this example then the bidding team can decide what 1st they will give. Either from the current year or the following year. If the year is not specified in the post then it is assumed to be any year which means the bidding team can choose what year to give as compensation.
This change is designed to increase the value of draft picks as now they can be used more in RFA bidding. To have two years available means that more teams will have the ability to bid on the top RFA players available.
Teams with an RFA rights tag will offer an initial contract tender, based on the tender prices below. Pro Bowl NFL will use a baseline price for salary when it comes to determining the tender value of any player, which will be a draft pick compensation based tender. The draft pick compensation based tender or the contract extension, will serve as the initial contract offer by the RFA rights team
The baseline prices for an initial tender and contract offer will work based on our UFA rules.
Free Agency multiplier:
$ x 1.0 for 1 year
$ x 1.2 for 2 years
$ x 1.4 for 3 years
$ x 1.6 for 4 years
$ x 2.0 for 5 years, no contract can extend pass 6yrs.
The Tender prices are listed below:
$6m Tender - 1st Rd Draft Pick
$4m Tender - 2nd Rd Draft Pick
$2.5m Tender - 3rd Rd Draft Pick
$1.5m Tender - 4th Rd Draft Pick
$.85m Tender - 5th Rd Draft Pick
$.65m Tender - ROFR (No pick compensation, Owning team has right to match winning offer)
(Multiple draft picks may be combined to offer a higher tender if wanted, but be aware, the tender salary also comes with that draft pick)(Example 1st Rd and 3rd Rd tender = 8.5m)
For a team to figure out the initial baseline price, the owning team will do the following:
1: Find the players extension salary.
2: Decide what tender to place on the player.
3: Decide how long of a contract to offer.
4: multiply the tender amount by the designated multiplier.
Here is an example:
The Cardinals want to offer Tyreek Hill a 1st rd tender.
1st rd tender is 6M, the Cardinals want to offer a 4 year contract.
6m (1st Rd tender price) x 1.6 (4 year multiplier) = 9.6 points
Here is the contract offer:
Cardinals offer a 1st Rd tender to Tyreek Hill.
4 years @ 6.0m = 9.6 Points.
Restricted Free Agent Bidding:
The RFA bidding process uses the same bidding rules, point system and minimum raise as the UFA bidding process. The only difference is the bid must also include the specific pick(s) that are being offered as compensation (the pick may be a higher round pick or multiple round picks than the tender level).
Once an initial bid is made for a player, other teams have 24 hours to raise the bid. Once the bid has been won, the tendering GM has 24 hours from the time the bid was won to decide whether to sign the player to the exact winning bid contract terms, or receive the compensation draft pick(s). If no decision is posted, the winning bidder signs the player for the compensation offered. You may not bid on your own player in an attempt to set your contract terms.
Note: The winning bid is the only bid that the tendering GM must deal with. Be sure to make a high enough bid to actually force the owner to give him up. You may not re-up the bid later.
*RFA Compensation Rule*
The GM that owns the RFA player can specify the year and pick desired for compensation. The pick will be based on the tender assigned but the owning team can specify a pick in the current year or the following year. The pick year desired must be posted in the tender thread.
EX: The Packers place a 2019 1st Rd. tender on Dak Prescott.
This will allow the owning team to get a more desired pick as compensation. The team can also post the compensation as "Any Year"
EX: The Packers place a 1st Rd Tender (Any Year) on Dak Prescott.
In this example then the bidding team can decide what 1st they will give. Either from the current year or the following year. If the year is not specified in the post then it is assumed to be any year which means the bidding team can choose what year to give as compensation.
This change is designed to increase the value of draft picks as now they can be used more in RFA bidding. To have two years available means that more teams will have the ability to bid on the top RFA players available.