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Ben E Lou
10-28-2006, 06:39 PM
Has anyone noticed this yet? I hadn't seen any comments on it, or mention in the feature list:

Use the Release Player button to release a player from the roster. You will be prompted for confirmation with a screen showing the amount the player will cost under this season's and next season's salary cap if released. You may release injured players in the last year of their contract, but you will be expected to pay them a settlement fee.
DaddyTorgo
10-28-2006, 06:40 PM
note "in the last year of their contract"

*frown*
MizzouRah
10-28-2006, 06:52 PM
This is huge!
Ben E Lou
10-28-2006, 06:54 PM
note "in the last year of their contract"

*frown*

Isn't that the way it works in the NFL? I get the impression that these are usually reached with marginal players.
DaddyTorgo
10-28-2006, 07:02 PM
Isn't that the way it works in the NFL? I get the impression that these are usually reached with marginal players.

i guess. but i mean what if a guy gets a massive ACL injury and will be out for like ~2 years? You still end up having to carry him on your roster for 2 years where in the NFL you could just injury settlement him and let him go
Samdari
10-28-2006, 07:05 PM
i guess. but i mean what if a guy gets a massive ACL injury and will be out for like ~2 years? You still end up having to carry him on your roster for 2 years where in the NFL you could just injury settlement him and let him go

Actually for vets, they get their full pay for the current season, but can be out and out released before the beginning of the next.

Jim got the injury settlements right (last year of deal). Anyone know if mult-year injured players can be released in the offseason?
DaddyTorgo
10-28-2006, 07:07 PM
Actually for vets, they get their full pay for the current season, but can be out and out released before the beginning of the next.

Jim got the injury settlements right (last year of deal). Anyone know if mult-year injured players can be released in the offseason?

cool. thanks sam. i'll run a check and see that now about the multi-year injuries.
Emiliano
10-28-2006, 07:20 PM
Huge indeed. Great feature.
DaddyTorgo
10-28-2006, 07:23 PM
i have injuries @ 200 and I can't BUY a guy with a multiyear injury....grrr

and just as i say that...repetitive concussion syndrome...133 weeks. that oughta qualify. going to offseason now
DaddyTorgo
10-28-2006, 07:28 PM
Matt Leinert's career is finished with repetitive concussion syndrome. 111 weeks, the popup box says his career is finished but you can't outright release him.

damm.

even if we could just get guys with career-ending injuries to auto-accept a one-year deal for some % of their remaining money due them so we could injury settle them that would be helpful jim.
kcchief19
10-28-2006, 08:07 PM
Remember -- in the NFL, injured players cannot be released. Injured players are entitled to receive their salary and medical treatment.

Injury settlements typically occur in situations where a player has an injury that will sideline them for a period of time but the team doesn't want to carry them on the roster for the recovery or put them on IR and pay them the entire season. So they offer an injury settlement to essentially "buy out" the contract.

The reason players agree to this is because they will usually get more money from an injury settlement than they would remaining on the roster and then getting cut. For instance, a guy tweaks his hamstring and will be out four weeks. If he doesn't agree to an injury settlement, he'll stay on the roster for four weeks and get cut, meaning he gets paid for four weeks. The team offers instead to pay him for six weeks to get lost, which frees up the roster spot for a productive player. To a certain degree, players with season-ending injuries have more leverage because they know they cannot be cut and will get their full contract and have no reason to take a buy out.

What you're essentially buying with an injury settlement is roster space, not saving cap money by buying out an expensive contract for a guy with a lengthy injury. If I'm out for 111 weeks, why would I accept an injury settlement when all I have to do is rehab and get my full money?
tucker rocky
10-29-2006, 06:56 AM
Matt Leinert's career is finished with repetitive concussion syndrome. 111 weeks, the popup box says his career is finished but you can't outright release him.

damm.

even if we could just get guys with career-ending injuries to auto-accept a one-year deal for some % of their remaining money due them so we could injury settle them that would be helpful jim.

Was the Cardinal "O"-line blocking for him? :D