Off Season Schedule 2013

[Ian Noble]

Regular Season[/color] - Now until June 27th.[/i][/color]
[Real Life Date] - (In-Game Date)

[June 1st] - (March 25th)

• Current Date - this is where we're currently up to, as I post this thread.

[June 8th] - (April 1st)

• Playoff Teams Trade Deadline - from this day forward, any teams who qualify for the playoffs cannot trade until after their playoff run has ended.

[June 27th] - (April 19th)

• Last sims of the Regular Season.

Playoffs[/color] - June 29th until August 1st[/i][/color]
[June 29th] - (April 19th)

• Playoffs begin.
  
• Draft Lottery begins - all 14 lottery teams have their draft position announced over the course of 14 days in order from bottom to top pick.
  
• Expiring Players Trade Deadline - from this day until the Off Season Free Agency & Re-Signing Period ends, teams cannot trade players with expiring contracts

[July 14th] - (April 31st)

• Rookie Draft starts - all first rounders are automatically signed to their teams. Second rounders must be signed manually by each GM. Rookie contracts do not count against your Salary Cap until the start of next season.

[July 20th] - (May 13th)

• Dynasty Five Finals Begin.
  
• Team Options period begins - GMs may begin picking up their players team options.

Off Season[/color] - August 1st until August 29th.[/i][/color]
[July 27th] - (May 20th)

• End of the playoffs.
  [li] Mid Level Exceptions reset to zero.

[/li][li] Expiring players enter Free Agency pool.
[/li][li] Trading resumes for all teams - excludes expiring players.
[/li][li] Player Agents collude to decide which players with Player Options will opt-out.[/li][/ul]
[August 3rd] - (May 20th)

• Team Option Deadline - players who have not been picked up by their team will enter free agency.
  
• Player Options - players who have declined to pick up their player options will enter free agency.
  
• Off Season Free Agency & Re-Signing Period begins - GMs compete to sign players with offers to player agents.
  
• Salaries progress to next season.

[August 10th] - (May 27th)

• Players agents begin making decisions regarding who signs where during Free Agency.

[August 17th] - (June 3rd)

• Off Season Free Agency & Re-Signing Period ends.
  
• Unsigned second rounders from previous year's draft enter regular season free agency.
  
• Regular Season Free Agency resumes - all un-signed players enter RSFA. Rookie contracts now count against each team's Salary Cap.

[August 24th] - (June 10th)

• Roster cut-down deadline - all teams must have between 12 and 15 players.

[Ian Noble]

I've booked a week's holiday to Prague from August 21st, so OSFA might get interrupted a bit