Offseason Limits

[prpost]

Currently, the constitution only contains limits for the time period of June 15 - Draft Day (The requirement is that all teams have 16 players and/or draft picks.)

I would like to see an additional timeframe/limit added:
- From the end of NFL week 17 through June 15 (cutdown day), each team may only have 16 players on their roster.

> This limit would obviously be changed to whatever the current active roster limit is for any given season
> At the end of the NFL season, all players on IR would be moved back to a particular team's active roster and that team would be given a grace period to reduce their roster to the appropriate limit
> Teams must have a minimum starting lineup as they enter the "offseason" (i.e. teams with multiple players on IR cannot dump their kicker and defense to make room for those players; following the legalization of all rosters, teams are more than welcome to trade away kickers, defenses, or whatever for any positions and/or draft picks)

I believe this would give us more competitive balance in the offseason since at least from a numbers perspective, all teams would be on equal footing. In addition, the size of our draft pool for the following year would be fairly set, since waivers end at the close of the season.

This would also allow us to expand the size of the IR without significantly impacting the offseason.

[braven112]

I agree, we could give teams a month or so to meet this requirement right after the season is over, which could increase trade activity while teams try to get under this limit. If we did something like from the NFL pro bowl to the keeper deadline, it would give teams a chance to prepare for any injury's, especially career ending or ones that will ruin the next season, during the NFL playoffs

[amutt]

I fine with that, but only if it's and month after the Pro-Bowl, just in case of playoff and Pro-bowl injuries.

[fl4n4g4n]

good call. we have a keeper designation period like this in my league -- deadline is superbowl sunday. its always worked out well and its nice having the clean rosters for off-season trading.

[braven112]

I fine with that, but only if it's and month after the Pro-Bowl, just in case of playoff and Pro-bowl injuries.

I think Super Bowl Sunday makes the most sense in terms of the deadline thats even after the pro bowl now, almost everyone ends the season with a backup player or two they can drop without giving it a second thought.