Section 01 · What It Costs
You may keep him. Somebody has to pay for it.
The three charges, side by side. 5 pieces.
- 01.01You may keep him. Here is what it costs.In a redraft league everyone starts level every September. Keep players and somebody must pay for it, or the manager who won first wins forever.Long
- 01.02Paid once: the pick he would have costSurrendering the round he was drafted in is the oldest charge, and it prices a keeper against the draft rather than against money.Long
- 01.03Paid yearly: the escalatorAn escalating salary makes a player more expensive every season he is held, until he prices himself off the roster — the charge does the work, not the manager.Long
- 01.04Paid on a date somebody has to rememberA contract with a term ends whether anyone is paying attention or not, which is why dated rules need a keeper of the sheet.Short
- 01.05The three charges, side by sideEach produces a different league: pick-cost rewards drafting, escalators reward timing, contracts reward planning.Short
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