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Old 02-15-2011, 04:53 AM   #5
Ben E Lou
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Originally Posted by aston217 View Post
This might be old news to many of you, but I just recently started to wonder about this, tested in in SP, and it seems: non-playoff teams are not bound by the 53-man roster limit after the regular season ends. (Could be true for bye weeks too in general, haven't explored that though)
Here's how it works: FOF only checks for a legal roster immediately before a game involving your team is simmed. If it's bye week, or after your team is eliminated, or preseason week 1 and you're not playing, there are no FOF repercussions of being illegal.

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Anyone with experience doing this in MP leagues know if it's good? Because if so, I'm tempted to target some guys I may be interested in now rather than wait til actual FA, because for cohesion purposes, if I'm able to resign (which I would be, for under year 3 players) them in the offseason, they'll have a whole year up on other 'offseason' acquisitions.
Don't forget that or players over three years there's a loyalty boost as well. This can be meaningful in leagues where cap space is tight and therefore offers are closer in financial value.

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Probably doesn't make a big difference, but if you have the cap space: why not?
If it's legal, there's no downside. A couple of guys who usually do pretty well in FOF MP had over 80 players under contract by the time the latter part of the FOFL postseason was finished a few days ago.
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