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Free Agency in Fantasy Football Leagues

What Is the Difference Between the Waiver Wire and Free Agency?

There are two types of "waivers" in DataForce Fantasy Football leagues:

1. Blind Bidding Waivers, usually just called "waivers", occurs each Wednesday at 9pm CST. You use bid money for these players.
2. First-come-first-served (FCFS) free agency after waivers finish each week. These players are free to add to your team at any time.

When players are dropped from a team, they immediately go on Waivers (with minor exceptions: a player picked up and dropped in the same week does not go on waivers but rather immediately goes to free agency, and after week 13 in most leagues, dropped players are permanently locked, no longer available in waivers). These waivered players are available for blind bidding at auction the next Wednesday at 9pm. DataForce uses blind bidding to resolve waivers rather than worst-to-first or other options because it seems the most fair.

In fact, before Wednesday evening each week, all unowned players may only be acquired through bidding. You'll find no players at all here on the free agency page. This is because player evaluations can change rapidly over the weekend's games, and when a new prospect rises to the surface, everyone should have an equal chance at him. So, you must bid using the waivers page.

Free Agency Opens at 9:15 CST Each Wednesday

Approximately fifteen minutes after weekly blind bids are processed, any players still remaining on waivers are available to pick up for free. These players are called free agents and you can select as many as you want, up until the time their game starts for the week (or Monday night if they don't play a game this week). When their game starts, they're locked and removed from free agency.

Of course, you must drop enough players to make room for the free agents you choose. If you perform adds/drops and don't seem to have gotten all the players you asked for, it probably means you didn't drop enough players. Just come back to this page and run it again.

Players dropped by other teams during blind bidding, or during adds/drops later in the week, will not land on free agency. They'll be locked until the next Wednesday bidding, in accordance with the rule that says everybody gets an equal chance at them.

IMPORTANT NOTE: There is no free agency in the preseason! Until the first week of the regular season, the only way to acquire players is via blind bidding.

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