*ANNOUNCEMENT* Roster Cuts to 53 Due By Friday Night 9/6/13

Everyone MUST get signed up in the franchise and get their rosters cut down to the 53 man regular season limit.

The deadline for trimming rosters down to 53 is Friday night 9/6/13 at 11:59 EST.

Anyone who fails to get their rosters trimmed down, may be subject to automatic release of players.

Please REPLY TO THIS THREAD when your team has completed their cuts and your roster stands at or below the 53 player limit.

After the roster cut down phase, we will open waiver claims for the preseason.

The waivers have been reworked to make only one round of waivers necessary, and to balance out the claims process so that it is equally fair for all teams. I will be posting more details on the waiver process tomorrow, and it can be expected to run through Saturday.

We will have an abbreviated preseason on Sunday, which will allow us to process the waiver claims, and should be able to officially kick off week one on Monday!

Can't wait to get things rolling here, thank you all for your cooperation.

~Jim

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Chargers are down to 53 and ready to go.

Seahawks down to 53

Jags are ready.

Raiders Rockin

Done

Bills down to 53

Is there a cut stage like in previous maddena or do we go in the rosters and release players?

And how do we do this with pending trades that involves players?

Go in and release the players from your roster. this IS the cut stage for our league.

You can still determine what cuts you will need to make to get under 53, even with your pending trades. Get your roster to where you need it to be if your trade were to be approved, and prepare to make additional releases pending trade rejection if necessary. You could indicate that your complete roster status is pending approval of "____" trade.

Donezo.

Since I plan on trading 3 players and getting back none I should cut my roster to 56?? Then if the trades to get approved make 3 more cuts when done??

After 3 pm central time tomorrow I will be gone all day and won't be able to do anything so I would like to get it situation before I leave tomorrow. I contacted the Browns owner but I think he is sleeping, but honestly that will be an easy fix for the trade. We came up with something quick so I know we can work something out quickly tomorrow as well..

If you would rather PM me to talk about this that is fine too!

Cards are done.

I have a question regarding the FA, are we going to have a waiver wire? I am just trying to see if maybe having the last pick in the draft gives me the opportunity to have the 1st pick in FA. I think its only fair

Correct; and be prepared to release 3 additional in case any of your deals are rejected.

FA will be via waivers Mike. The waiver order will be based on the 2012 NFL standings (worst to first) and there will be priority settings to determine which teams reserve the rights to each free agent. Jim will post details following the deadline for the roster cuts.

thanks Doug i was hoping that it was going to be done in reverse order of our draft. A guy can hope right... lol

Good to go.

ready

Eagles done here. Down to 54 players, -2 if trades go thru 52, +1 from trade =53. Lmao. Daam I can still add at my young age. Lol.

Lions are down to 53. Probably will take it to 52 tonight.

As soon as everyone joins the franchise I can officially start the league, which would allow trades to be processed. If trades are not processed before we begin advancing the preseason, any teams that are holding more than 53 players because of pending trades could suffer automatic cuts. If you are one of those teams, I would suggest getting to 53 players now, regardless of any pending trades.

I'll be joining tonight when I get home from work and the store. Should be about 6:30/et or so.

Ravens ready

Bengals 53 ready

This is why I don't like trading during pre-season the market doesn't open for me until week 1!