Salary Cap

[Adam Silver(Admin)]

Salary Cap

The Salary Cap in FFD will always mirror the current salary cap in the NBA.

For 2019-2020 season, the Salary Cap will be $109,140,000

• Every team must be under the cap by the start of the season unless using a player exception. Once a roster is identified as being over the cap and invalid, the franchise owner will be contacted and given 48 hours to adjust their roster according.  

• Teams must be within the cap regulations for following seasons as well. (Team/Player options do not count against future cap until the options are accepted)

• Failure to correct their rosters after the 48 grace period will result in the team owner forfeiting all fantasy points scored for the team going forward after the grace period. Once the team is updated and the issue resolved, the team will then be allowed to compete again going from that date. All points forfeited, after the grace period, during the rosters time of ineligibility will be considered lost, and will not be rewarded back to the franchise.

Teams will be allowed to exceed cap for the following exceptions.

Cap Exceptions

1. Rookie Exception - Teams can sign their own drafted rookies even if it takes them over the cap. They still have to stay within the roster requirements.

• This exception only falls for the 1st year of their contract. The following years must still fall within the salary cap limit.
• If signing a rookie using the exception, it must be posted in the rookie signings that the exception will be used.
• Teams have until the beginning of the regular season to use this exception.

2. Min Player Cap Exception/10 Day Contracts - Teams can offer 1 min salary contract even if they are over the cap. They still have to stay within the roster requirements. 

• During the playoffs, Min Player Cap Exceptions will no longer be allowed
• A team must have less than 500K in available cap space to qualify for the exception.
• If a team later acquires additional cap space, there Min Player Cap Exception does not renew.
• In order to qualify, the player must be signed at 500K for 1 year. During FA bidding, if the bid total rises above 500k, or the length longer than 1 year, the player is no longer Min Player Cap Exception eligible.
• When signing a player to the Min Player Cap Exception, if the player is dropped within 10 days of signing, the Exception is void, and the teams Min Player Cap Exception is still to be used.
• Min Player Cap Exception player drops will be penalty free.
• The team must specify in the initial bidding post that they are using the Min Player Cap Exception for the proposed player.
  

3. Disabled Player Exception - If a player is said to miss a significant part of the season due to injury, a team can sign a replacement player for up to half the disabled players salary that year. Teams are allowed to exceed their cap for these signings. 

• Teams still must meet the roster requirements.
• The disabled player has to be deemed to miss atleast 2 months for this exception to be used.
• The player must be designated as OUT via the ESPN Fantasy app, and currently designated to the FFD teams IR.
• The newly signed player can be acquired through trade or FA, but the contract length can not exceed 1 year.
• The Disabled Player Exception can only be used once per year and it has to be initiated after August 1st and before January 15th
• The player signed using the Disabled Player Exception cannot be dropped until the disabled player returns.
• Disabled Player Exception Drops will be penalty free.

Exceptions will reset every year.

The salary cap resets every season, so it is not possible to trade cap for future seasons. Whenever cap is involved in a trade, that amount is reflected in the current season's cap only.

If a team with insufficient cap receives any cap penalty that they cannot afford, the penalty will roll over to the following year accompanied by a 5M fine.

• The team can only be charged with the roll over penalty of 5M once every offseason.
• Though the roll over fine is a 1 time deduction of 5M, if a team is assessed multiple cap penalties while having insufficient cap, the cap penalties that will be assessed the following season will accrue.