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This is a temporary lock. Significant confusion has arisen regarding the status of funds left over at the end of the bidding process. Some believe that they roll over to next season, some believe they simply expire. Until LN and Shiv are able to announce the correct policy, bidding is temporarily halted.
No players will lock during this downtime period. Once a decision is made, their clocks will be extended appropriately.
Okay, here's an update with some confirmations and some minor alterations to the rules:
There will be no player retainers allowed next season due to this being the first season (and the varied values that came up in this season due to manager inexperience). The rest apply for season 3 onwards.
Credits will not be transferred over seasons.
A team can retain a maximum of 5 players in a season.
Each team gets 100,000 in a season, no matter where they place the season before.
Lock times have been increased by 12 hours so get bidding!
To clarify, by season 3 I mean end of season 2 / start of season 3. Basically, they wont be in affect only for this season.
In addition, there are slight changes to mid-season transfers:
Transfers will be allowed throughout the season, not just in the mid-season break.
Transfers can happen regardless of credits remaining, etc.
We, the hosts, have the ability to VETO a trade (this will only be used if we believe a team is making a trade just to empower another team).
Any player with a winning record with their team (i.e. if he has gone 3-1 in 4 games or 4-0 in 4 games) has the ability to VETO their own trade.