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Re: Question about roster limit and salary cap enforcement

By dei1c3
8/08/2022 6:21 pm
I'm trying to remember the details for exactly when roster limits and salary cap are enforced. I can remember most of the roster limit enforcement:
  • The roster max of 60 (incl. 60 active) is enforced starting during the TC sim through the Week 1 Midweek sim.
  • The roster max of 53 (incl. 46 active) is enforced starting during the Week 1 game sim through...? When does this end -- after your last game or after the championship game?

As for the salary cap, I can't remember when it is enforced. Is it all the time? Or are their periods when it is not enforced like the roster limit, such as FA and Draft sims?

Any help is appreciated.

ETA: Also, when is the minimum roster limit (45? 46?) enforced? Same as for 60/53 or different?
Last edited at 8/08/2022 6:55 pm

Re: Question about roster limit and salary cap enforcement

By TeamCleaner3000
8/08/2022 8:16 pm
here's your kibbles. :)
https://vikings.myfootballnow.com/community/3/320?page=1#1571

jdavidbakr wrote:
The AI will only cut your roster down to 60 if you go into the training camp stage with more than 60. You can have more than 60 during the draft, and you have through late free agency to make your cuts to 60.

While games are being played, you can sign more players and/or be over the salary cap during the midweek stages, but if you don't get that fixed for the game stage then the AI will make cuts for you. (You should get a warning to that effect after the midweek stage). The AI will also sign players if you are less than 45 in a game stage, and if you don't have enough salary cap room to sign players to get up to 45 the AI will make cuts to make room ... that's the worst case that can happen with the AI messing with your roster.

One more point while we're talking about the AI messing with your roster, if you sign one player and cut another player on a game stage (because for some reason you missed the midweek to do that), the newly signed player will be added to your roster as an inactive player, so be sure you have 46 active players not including the one you cut. If you have fewer than 45 active players on a game stage, the AI will rebuild your depth chart.

Re: Question about roster limit and salary cap enforcement

By CrazySexyBeast
12/28/2022 9:44 pm
better late than never. Digging thru forums this eve for my own league's help section.

parsh wrote:
Figured it would be nice to have a timeline breakdown as this creeps up from time to time ..




parsh wrote:
Thought I would make it into a sticky nomination ..




these are from the "sticky Thread Nominations" section of the Community Help Section of MFN forums. FWIW - other than the above info, every thing else in that section is a dead link.
Not really fond of the 2nd img, but it'l do.

Re: Question about roster limit and salary cap enforcement

By dei1c3
12/29/2022 11:01 am
This is great. Thanks, CSB.

Re: Question about roster limit and salary cap enforcement

By TeamCleaner3000
12/30/2022 5:26 pm
Thank Parsh, they did all the work ;)
~CSB