Did contract distribution rules change? Topic

brianplath
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A guy in one of my leagues recently signed the following deal:

Yr1 - $2.9M
Yr2 - $8.7M
Yr3 - $8.7M
Yr4 - $8.7M

A $1k bonus and a mutual option on the last yr.

I don't remember the min% values on contracts but $2.9M seems way below the threshold for a 4yr deal. Am I missing something here?
8/29/2026 4:02 PM
tlowster
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  • 2-Year Contract: No single season can comprise more than 60% of the total contract value.
  • 3-Year Contract: No single season can comprise more than 40% of the total contract value.
  • 4-Year Contract: No single season can comprise more than 30% of the total contract value.
  • 5-Year Contract: No single season can comprise more than 25% or less than 10% of the total contract value
Took a while to find the above. There used to be a blog named the primer that had a bunch of useful goodies, but i could no longer find it.
8/30/2026 12:38 PM (edited)
brianplath
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Oh, it's "more than", not "less than". Yeah, I thought it was in the FAQ somewhere but couldn't find it. Forums search turned up nada either. Thanks tlow
8/30/2026 12:10 PM
drummer_66
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You can always click on the yellow dot on the contract page to find that out, too. The yellow dot is basically an FAQ for each page.
8/30/2026 1:38 PM
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Always kind of feel like that's a miss in the rules as far as I understand the intent. Some individuals are known for low balling year 1 with the intent to not return for years 2-5. Future year Caps does somewhat mitigate it. Probably can't do 5 contracts like that at the same time.
9/2/2026 1:22 PM
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