2025-11-17, 11:21 AM - Word count:
The organization of Tokyo/Cairo did not have a compliant roster by the tactics deadline for Matchday 1, resulting in two rookie players being played without a signed contract, breaking rule E.2.e of the Rulebook.
The BoD has decided to issue a warning to the manager group @sköldpaddor @hhh81 and @frithjofr for a failure to complete manager tasks with a one day delay.
The reason this punishment is not as written in the Manager Tasks section of the Rulebook, rule E.5, is that the contract acceptance was not within their control and they had done everything in order to get the players signed within the deadline window. The punishment is still issued as no replacement players were fixed until a day after the tactics deadline.
We have voted to make the following changes to the rules in regards to inactive players:
Tokyo will be allowed to drop their IFA signings using the new RCC clause.
TLDR: The first rule change allows organizations to tentatively hold on to any inactive player already present on their team and the second rule change allows an organization to sign a replacement player to fulfill the minimum roster size rule. In both scenarios the salary impact is removed when releasing the IA players but they differ in where the player is being signed from and when they are allowed to be dropped.
The BoD has decided to issue a warning to the manager group @sköldpaddor @hhh81 and @frithjofr for a failure to complete manager tasks with a one day delay.
The reason this punishment is not as written in the Manager Tasks section of the Rulebook, rule E.5, is that the contract acceptance was not within their control and they had done everything in order to get the players signed within the deadline window. The punishment is still issued as no replacement players were fixed until a day after the tactics deadline.
Changes to the Rulebook
In this particular case the organization focused on getting active players onto their team in favor of inactives, which is something that the BoD appreciates for the overall health of the league. When an organization is at the hands of the user actually signing the contract to be considered signed for the league games, that can easily become a disincentive to take a chance on players later on in the drafts. We have voted to make the following changes to the rules in regards to inactive players:
- The "free release period" (rule G.6.a.ii) of an user inactive player is increased from only the off-season to the tactics deadline for Matchday 1. This means that an inactive player can be offered an extension for the next season and later be freely dropped after an organization has had the time to talk to their recently drafted rookies
- Introduce a Rookie Contingency Clause (rule F.2.b.v.d) for IFA signings, which allows an IFA to be signed at the minimum salary of a designated unsigned rookie. Once the rookie officially signs their contract the IFA can be dropped with no salary penalty and 50% transfer value reimbursed used in the IFA.
Tokyo will be allowed to drop their IFA signings using the new RCC clause.
TLDR: The first rule change allows organizations to tentatively hold on to any inactive player already present on their team and the second rule change allows an organization to sign a replacement player to fulfill the minimum roster size rule. In both scenarios the salary impact is removed when releasing the IA players but they differ in where the player is being signed from and when they are allowed to be dropped.
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