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Originally Posted by PHOG
I believe, and I could be wrong, but if you bid on a player that is on another teams roster that has no contract ( is a FA ), and you win the bidding war so to speak...the original owner has 24 hours to bid to retain said player. I think the original owner has to increase the years of the contract by one.
Don't ask me if the contract is already over 7 years, how that gets sorted out.
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This is the part to be aware of. Everyone who was on a team last year is a "restricted free agent". It doesn't matter if you are the highest bidder when the clock runs out, the previous owner has a "right of refusal".
What I did was bid against the owners wanting my restricted free agents. I ran the price up because I really wanted to keep some of them. It wasn't until I'd run up about $500 in total bids that I realized I would have the option to sign them anyway. What could have cost me around $100 if I'd just let the players bidding period end will end up costing me more than $600 after it is all said and done.