Benchwarmer News

5/31/08

• All teams received an extra 1 Million Benchwarmer Bucks during the Week 9 transactions (the last transaction period in May).  There will be similar cash distributions during the final transactions of both June and July.
• Note an important clarification in the rules for salary rebates regarding players on multiyear contracts.  The existing language was kind of murky on whether a team getting a contracted player had to pay any portion of the current year's salary (or maybe even inferred that there was always zero cost).
• Later this week, we'll add an indicator on roster and trade pages to players with multiyear contracts who were paid for in full for 2008 and thus will earn a salary rebate or cause a team picking them up in a trade to pay the prorated portion of 2008.

5/5/08

• Here's the link again to a New feature: Check out a test of a chat application.  We'll find a more permanent home for it eventually.  Let me know if you run into any problems with it.

5/3/08

• Week 5 was another payment deadline.  If you haven't yet paid for your teams, you cannot change your lineup, in addition to being blocked from transactions.  See the deadlines for details.  If you don't pay by Week 10, BWB will take over ownership of your team and look to replace you.

4/27/08

• In order to cut down on potential oversights and eventual manual intervention during transactions/lineup processing, there are 2 changes:
  • On the page where you choose players to cut or put on IR, you must select the type of transaction immediately (you can still change it later).
  • In order to use the "Cut" or "Inj" slot for a week's lineup, you must actually first submit the transaction to release the player or put him on IR.

4/20/08

• Don't forget - the first step of a transaction to choose the player you want to sign or drop does not complete the transaction.  You must set the transaction round and specific type of sign/drop.

4/13/08

• If you're new to BWB, you may want to hold off on contract extensions and watch how they work a little bit. 
  • You do not need to get a multiyear contract with a player to carry him over into 2009. 
  • What you are doing is paying lower dollar amounts now on the bet that the player's salary will be significantly larger next year. 
  • If you are signing a contract for more than one year, keep in mind you must pay for each season.  The amounts shown on the extension form are what it will take to sign that player for each individual year - not the total contract amount to wrap him up for that long.
  • A multiyear contract on a player who will not see the majors this year - or only a brief call up - is a definite waste of money (at least for the 2009 season).

4/2/08

• Season schedule is posted.  You'll find a link to the full schedule and this week's games on your league's home page.
• Three of a Kind League - Draft Central
  • Phase Two (Part Two) Results Posted
  • Rosters updated in the next hour.
  • This is the end of the draft phase.  Teams short of players will need to use the Week Zero transactions to complete their teams (use alternate picks!).

4/1/08

• Redbirds League - Draft Central
  • Phase Two (Part 3) Results posted.
  • Rosters updated - teams can now participate in Week Zero transactions (due Friday night).

3/22/08

• Reminder for returning leagues - your cash balances need to be 5 million or lower after the next transactions are processed.

3/19/08

• Benchwarmer Bash - We have a champion - the Gashouse Gorillas from Reality Bites.  Congratulations!  Gashouse wins 2 free seasons and London, as the runner up, gets one free year.

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