Roster Rules
I. Pre-Draft - After the league is full, each owner will declare which Defense, O-Line and Special Teams unit they will use. Total salary for these combined units will be calculated. After this process, each owner will be allowed to protect up to 3 players from his team's real life roster from 1980 and 1981. The combined salary of the Def, OL, ST and 3 protected players can't exceed $40MM. The more funds you allocate to your defense, o-line and special teams, the less you will have to spend on protected players. Note: If a given player played for more than one team in 1980-81, then the team with the lowest salary (Def, OL, and ST) gets first rights to said player. If they choose not to protect him, then the team with 2nd lowest salary (Def, OL, and ST) gets the rights to him.
Whichever team has the lowest salary (Def/OL/ST) gets first rights to him.......