SimHoops Pro Contract Section

Salary Cap Restrictions

• Elite salary cap: 13,000.
• Semi-Pro salary cap: 8,000.
• Maximum Semi-Pro salary is 1000 unless the player is on a rookie contract.
• No guaranteed contracts are allowed on Semi-Pro teams.
• Each team may have up to eight guaranteed contracts on the Elite roster.
• No player over age 29 may be on a Semi-Pro team.
• Veteran minimum is 400 for players age 25 and older; non-veteran minimum is 300.

Guaranteed Contract Release Penalties

Releasing a guaranteed contract triggers cap penalties based on contract length and the season in which the player is released.

Example: A five-year contract worth 1000 per season, released in year 3, creates cap hits of 600 in year 3, 400 in year 4, and 200 in year 5.

Example: A four-year contract worth 1000 per season, released in year 2, creates cap hits of 750 in year 2, 500 in year 3, and 250 in year 4.

• If a player retires while under a guaranteed contract, the team takes one season of penalty per the release schedule. Non-guaranteed retirements carry no penalty.
• If a player is claimed off waivers, the new team absorbs the contract and the old team still eats a 20% penalty for that season only.
• Teams may not sign or trade for players if doing so would exceed the cap.
• Teams that exceed the cap or guarantee limits are frozen from normal roster actions until compliant.
• While non-compliant, the highest-paid player on the team cannot play.
• Owners are fined 25 credits per day while out of compliance.
• After seven consecutive game days of violation, the commissioner may terminate the owner.

Restricted Free Agency

• RFA is meant to prioritize your best pending free agents, not retain everyone.
• Each player receives a tier from 1 through 6 within age groups 22-25, 26-30, and 31+.
• Tiers are driven mostly by rating, then modified by potential plus season and career production.
• Semi-Pro players can still land in any tier, including tier 1, to prevent stashing behavior.
• Teams get two chances to sign each RFA player.
• Any eligible player not signed in RFA becomes an unrestricted free agent.
• Poor offers can insult tier-3-and-above players and reduce both RFA odds and home-team UFA odds.
• Non-insulted players grant their original team a 25% UFA retention bonus if that team makes an offer.

Unrestricted Free Agency

• Players from both Elite and Semi-Pro rosters are available.
• There are three UFA rounds.
• Only Elite teams may bid in UFA.
• Teams may carry up to 26 total players across Elite and Semi-Pro during UFA, subject to compliance cleanup rules.
• Contracts may be up to five years.
• Non-guaranteed deals may be no longer than three seasons.
• If a team reaches 25 or 26 rostered players in rounds 1 or 2, it has 48 hours to rescind up to two older contracts and get back to 24.

Rescinding Restrictions

• Guaranteed contracts cannot be rescinded.
• Players already in the final year of a contract cannot be rescinded.
• Players signed in current-season RFA or UFA cannot be rescinded.

Round Thresholds

• Round 1: at least one offer at or above the player’s current salary must exist.
• Round 2: at least one offer at 80% or more of current salary must exist.
• Round 3: any player with a valid bid can sign if the destination team can remain legal.
• Offers below a 3% signing chance are invalid.
• No more than six offers are considered for any player; if more arrive, only the top six remain active.

Waivers

• Waiver period is four days for all players.
• Claim order is based on the waiver priority list built from team performance.
• After a successful claim, the claiming team moves to the back of the list.
• Any player who clears waivers becomes a free agent.