Cash & trades

[Jim]

I feel like I've asked this before but just did some searches and can't find the answer.

When making a trade, is the amount shown as 'current balance' the money I could send to another team with a trade? I know it can only be as much as the player's contract is worth but is that where you look to see the available cash you could send in a trade?

[Andrew]

The rules page was updated a couple weeks ago and actually covers this pretty well. If anything is still not clear, let me know.

• Cash Used in Trades
  • Cash used in trades may not exceed a teams current balance. Their cash can go into the negative provided their balance will cover it.
  
  
  • Cash used in trades may not exceed the total salary of the players you are trading. Ex: If a player makes 300k for 1 year, only $300,000 can be included. If a player makes 10 mil over the next 3 years, $30 mil can be included, etc.
  
  
  • Any trade involving more than $1 million in cash is subject to review by the Commissioner's office.
  
  
  • When announcing a trade, a team receiving cash may specify how they would like that money to be applied. Potential options are: Simply add it to cash OR apply it to the contracts of player(s) you received in the trade however you see fit. When the 2nd option is chosen, the Commissioner will edit the player's in game contract to reflect the changes.
  • Examples: If you receive a player who makes $10 mil a year over 5 years and you receive $10 mil in the deal you could:
    1) add the $10 mil to your cash
    2) Prorate it over the player(s) contract, so he would now make $8 million a year ($10mil/5 years)
    3) Prorate it over some of the player(s) contract (2 years at $5mil, 3 years at $10mil)
    4) Any combination of the options above
  • If you subsequently trade a player who now has a prorated contract, it is your responsibility to recoup the money. Using the example in #2 above, if you trade the player with 2 years left, you are essentially including $4mil in the trade. ($2 mil over 2 years)
  • Owners receiving cash, must decide how to apply it when they make the trade. No changes will be allowed and it can only be applied to players involved in the trade. If nothing is specified, the money will be added to their team's current cash.

[Jim]

Thanks...just wanted to make sure 'current balance' and cash were basically the same thing. I did several searches on the forums and didn't even think to check the rules.