Post by The Ghost of Swo on Feb 8, 2014 17:25:29 GMT -5
The initial salary cap created for each team will moderately resemble the total salary spent by its professional affiliate during the 2007 season. There have been five tier groupings created. Each tier has its own specific salary cap assigned. Below is a brief summary of the tiers, the teams in each tier and the salary cap for the applicable year.
• Tier 1 – Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, Angels
• 2020 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 1 - $156 million
• 2 Flex Tags
• Tier 2 – White Sox, Dodgers, Mariners, Cubs, Tigers, Orioles, Giants, Cardinals, Braves, Phillies, Astros
• 2020 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 3 - $136 million
• 3 Flex Tags
• Tier 3 – Athletics, Blue Jays, Brewers, Twins, Reds, Rangers, Royals, Indians, Padres, Rockies, Diamondbacks, Pirates, Nationals, Marlins, Rays
• 2020 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 4 - $126 million
• 4 Flex Tags
Please note that this dynasty league was designed to create problems and friction so that managing your team is imperative. As an example, a few of the top tier teams will need to waive a player or players to free agency to make sure their team remains under the salary cap maximums. The same can be accomplished by trading high salaried players to teams with cap room on their teams. On the flip side, the lower tier teams will have to work to sign players to longer term deals at lower annual salaries to remain both competitive and efficient. They will most likely have to focus their time on prospecting to create their dynasty. These are just a couple of the issues that will eventually create a demand for trade negotiations and other league discussion items.
Obviously the cost of player’s contracts does not stay stagnant. Inflation over the past 50 years has caused the annual salaries of players to steadily increase over time. To combat this issue, a total of $5M will be added to each team's salary cap for every even numbered year.
The salary cap is effective on the opening of the regular season and remains in effect throughout the year. GMs may exceed the roster limits during the offseason and the salary cap during the offseason (by 10%); however they will not accumulate any stats if they are not within compliance on opening day.
If a trade or FA signing pushes your team over the salary cap or roster limits, you will have 72 hours from approval of the transaction to get back under the cap or your team will cease accumulating stats.
Failure to properly follow these rules will result in sanctions against the offending GM
• Tier 1 – Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, Angels
• 2020 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 1 - $156 million
• 2 Flex Tags
• Tier 2 – White Sox, Dodgers, Mariners, Cubs, Tigers, Orioles, Giants, Cardinals, Braves, Phillies, Astros
• 2020 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 3 - $136 million
• 3 Flex Tags
• Tier 3 – Athletics, Blue Jays, Brewers, Twins, Reds, Rangers, Royals, Indians, Padres, Rockies, Diamondbacks, Pirates, Nationals, Marlins, Rays
• 2020 Salary Cap Amount for Tier 4 - $126 million
• 4 Flex Tags
Please note that this dynasty league was designed to create problems and friction so that managing your team is imperative. As an example, a few of the top tier teams will need to waive a player or players to free agency to make sure their team remains under the salary cap maximums. The same can be accomplished by trading high salaried players to teams with cap room on their teams. On the flip side, the lower tier teams will have to work to sign players to longer term deals at lower annual salaries to remain both competitive and efficient. They will most likely have to focus their time on prospecting to create their dynasty. These are just a couple of the issues that will eventually create a demand for trade negotiations and other league discussion items.
Obviously the cost of player’s contracts does not stay stagnant. Inflation over the past 50 years has caused the annual salaries of players to steadily increase over time. To combat this issue, a total of $5M will be added to each team's salary cap for every even numbered year.
The salary cap is effective on the opening of the regular season and remains in effect throughout the year. GMs may exceed the roster limits during the offseason and the salary cap during the offseason (by 10%); however they will not accumulate any stats if they are not within compliance on opening day.
If a trade or FA signing pushes your team over the salary cap or roster limits, you will have 72 hours from approval of the transaction to get back under the cap or your team will cease accumulating stats.
Failure to properly follow these rules will result in sanctions against the offending GM