The Auction
The Auction List is an artificial method of bringing new players into the league at various intervals throughout the game. It also allows managers to put their own players into the same list, presenting them as `open to the highest bidder’. The Auction works in much the same way as you would expect, with managers bidding for a maximum of eight players, giving one bid for each of the players they would like to purchase. The highest bidder for each player will get that player added to his squad at the end of the session, provided he can afford to spend the money he bid.
The default method of buying players in the auction is that once one of the bids tendered by a player succeeds, then all his subsequent bids will be ignored. You can place your own players into the rolling auction by telling us which players you want sold, and including all of the relevant details about him. However, the main drawback by making a player available to the whole league in this manner is that once he is placed into this “list” of players, he cannot be sold through private means. Any manager that tries to do this (sell a listed player to someone else privately) will be severely penalised. Also only one player per side can be put into the “list” and he will remain there for three sessions. After that, if he is unsold, he will return to your side.
In addition you can state a minimum price (reserve) you would be willing to accept for each player. Please note that there is a minimum level depending upon the session you are in, below which players CANNOT be entered in the rolling auction. This rule is rescinded for qualified SBY’s, APP’s and SPECIAL PLAYERS. Though remember that unqualified SBY’s and APP’s cannot be traded in any way so therefore cannot be placed in the auction list.
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