HIFL SEASON 18 LEAGUE OFFICE (5/11/24 - Present)

[Talon]

LOCKED UNTIL START OF S17/18 OFF-SEASON

[GM Gates]

The St Paul Lynx spend $1.5 million in off season bonus money on coach scouting.

[GM Bennett]

The Atlanta Underground Announce The Following...

Opting Into - FB Herman Soares - $1MM Team Option

Declining - FS Melvin Lee - $1MM Team Option

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[GM Gooch]

Myrtle Beach opts in to the following team options:

QB Clarence French - $1MM Team Option
WR Warren Roland - $1MM Team Option
P Raymond Callaghan - $1MM Team Option.

[GM Dario]

The Rapid City Inferno Opt In with the Mutual Option with SS Luis Moulton for $5MM Salary, beginning in Season 18.

The Rapid City Inferno decline the Team Option for FB Joshua Oliva & for P Daniel Hendrix

[GM Dazz]

The following players have been fine additions to the team and the Vancouver Wolfpack would like to extend that relationship for another season by opting in to their team options:

DE Santos Otto - $1MM for 1 year
SS Willie Fuqua - $1MM for 1 year.

[GM Oldfield]

London harriers opt in for the S18 team option for QB Lincoln Doss - 1 year, 18MM salary and 2MM bonus.

[GM Rizz]

Long Beach Mermen opt in for the team options of:

TE Charles Danner - 3 years, $3 million
WR Tracy Baumgartner - 1 year, $1 million. 

[GM Rinaldi]

The Detroit Fury have made the following moves:

-Declined the S18 team option for RB Louis White.
-Opted into the S18 team option for TE Emmanuel Bradford (1yr/$1MM).
-Declined the S18 team option for DT Ron Thompson.
-Opted into the S18 team option for FS Irving Schultz (1yr/$1MM).
-Paid $500K in offseason bonus money to WR Tyger Lights as agreed upon in his recent extension.

[GM Evans]

Lincoln Pride opt-in to the S18 $1m contract for CB John Ritchie

Lincoln Pride also pay the following incentives from off-season bonus money:

• QB Jonathan Wright receives $1m
• LB Hank Ramsey Jr. receives $2m
• CB Frank Cooney receives $2.1m

[GM Gates]

The St Paul Lynx pick up the $1 million option on SS Alfred Rhodes for S18

The St Paul Lynx decline the $1 million option on C James Bush   

[GM Adam Wrong]

Munich Griffins OPT IN on both of their S18 Team Options

WR Roberto Forte - 1 Year, 1MM
C William Marchand - 1 year, $1MM

Both effective from S18

[GM Gravedigger]

Oakland declines the following team options:

QB Mike Sanders
WR Roy Perkins

[GM Josh]

Portland Brewers accept the following options.

Phillip Davies FS 1 year 1 mil
Irving McCune T 1 year 1 mil
Jay Abraham QB 1 year 1 mil

[GM Yount]

Anchorage Decline the following team options:

QB Nick Byrd
DE Michael Poirier
LB Daniel Mooney

Anchorage Pays the following incentives:

$1MM Offseason BP to C General Sargent
$1.65MM offseason BP to SS Isma Soliman & fond wishes in his future endeavors   

[GM Rebel]

Madrid Stampede declines the mutual option on RB Juan McKinney 

[GM Mike Powers]

DC opts into the $1MM Team Option for DT John Spellman for Season 18
 

DC declines the Team Option for K Dennis Dunlap for Season 18

[GM Franchise]

Music City Declines the Following Team Options:
TE Arthur Shook
WR Jack Massey
WR Bill Campbell
P Michael Draper

Music City Pays the Following Incentives:
Peerless Adams - $1MM bonus for 90 catches
Ryan Ryan - $1MM bonus for 70 catches 
CB Kurtis Coughlin - $3MM off-season bonus 

[GM Kirk]

Alabama spend offseason bonus on:

Bruce Wilkinson offseason bonus, $4MM
Luxury Tax, $5.5MM 

Alabama also accepts the team option for Robert Jobe T 1 year $1MM

[GM Dougie]

The Cleveland Mustangs exercise the team options for the following players:

OT Robert Brant $1MM S18
CB Terry Chestnut $1MM S18

[GM Pancho]

The Tucson Stars Announce The Following...

Opting Into - LB Ben Pipkin - 1 year $1.75MM Team Option
 
Declining Team Option - OC Michael Clark - $3MM Team Option

Pay OT Julio Redd $1MM from Off Season Bonus

Pay QB Vega Del Rio $700k from Off Season Bonus

Escalate QB Thomas Maldonado - S18 2.5MM salary escalator for All Star Game - New Salary Effective S18 - $30 Million.

Escalate K Jorge D'Angelo - $3MM Salary for S18 if Top 5 in FG% - New Salary Effective S18 $3 Million

[GM Thad]

The Amsterdam Smoke announce the following roster moves

Decline Team option on WR Abram Corbett
 
Decline Team option on DE Fred Riddick

Decline Team option on CB Jeff Savage

Decline Team option on SS Basil Arsenault

Decline Team option on FS James Schmidt

Decline

[GM Thad]

The Amsterdam Smoke spend 2 Mil on Head Coach Scouting

[GM C4]

Winnipeg Announce the following moves:

Pick Up Aaron Tibbetts Team Option ($17MM+3MM)
 
Pick Up David Roberts Team Option ($1MM)

Decline John Francis Team Option

Pay $3mm of Off-season Bonus to (TE) Amr Mustafa

Pay $2mm of Off-season Bonus to (QB) Patrick Owen

[GM Storm]

The New Jersey Dragons exercise the team options for the following players:

RB Tommy Jacobs $1MM S18
OT Christopher Lees $1MM S18

[GM Eli]

The Cancun Mutineers opt into the Season 18 team options for the following players:

OG Herbert Chacon - 1MM
DT Len Cruz - 1MM
CB Lorenzo Rodriguez - 1MM
CB Quinn Felts - 1MM
SS Ernest Speer - 1MM

Additionally the Cancun Mutineers announce the payment of the following completed incentive:

WR James Wiese - 3MM from off-season bonus for meeting his playoff berth incentive

[GM Wayne]

Mexico City agrees to an expansion pick deal with Myrtle Beach in exchange for the S18 Myrtle Beach 5th round draft pick

[GM Anelli]

Pearl Harbor accepts the team option for Jim Wolf FS 1 year $1MM

[GM Metro]

Las Vegas exercises their options on the following players

Freddie Barry, 1 Year 1MM
Christopher Canales, 1 Year 1MM
John Craig, 1 Year 1MM

[Talon]

Miami picks up the following options:
TE Brent Hardy - $1MM Team Option
OT Michael Seals - $1MM Team Option
C Hipolito Donaldson - $1MM Team Option
DE Pat Bryant - - $1MM Team Option
CB Leonard Hollis - $1MM Team Option

Miami declines the following options:
P Eugene Buckingham - $1MM Team Option

[Talon]

The HIFLPA announces the following players opt for free agency after their player options were converted to player options due to a lack of decision from the team prior to the option deadline:

DALLAS
DT Milton Thomas
CB Francisco Gatewood




CHARLOTTE
QB Bertram Boone
G Anthony Valdez
OT William McWilliams
OT Benjamin Barba

[GM Dazz]

Vancouver Wolfpack spend $1.5MM off-season bonus on scouting.   

[GM Dario]

The Rapid City Inferno sends a payment of $1.8M from Offseason Bonus Monies for Luxury Tax.

 

[GM Gates]

The St Paul Lynx spend $1 million off season bonus on coach scouting

[GM Thad]

The Amsterdam Smoke spend 500k in off-season bonus money on scouting 

[GM Rizz]

Long beach pays CB Daniel Petersen the 1.5 million in off season bonus that is owed to him.

Long Beach also spends 2 million from off season bonus on head coach scouting. 

[GM Kirk]

Alabama receives:

$1MM offseson bonus money

Rapid City receives:

s18 7th round pick (Alabama) 

[GM Storm]

Alabama receives:

OG Osvaldo Carson

New Jersey receives:

s18 3rd round pick (Detroit)   

[GM Oldfield]

Anchorage Receives:
$8MM International Bonus Money

London Receives:   
$2MM Offseason Bonus Money

[GM Lucas]

Alabama Nighthawks and San Juan Hurricanes agree on a deal

Alabama receives:

RB Pegasus Williams

San Juan receives:

s19 1st round pick (San Juan)

[GM Lucas]

Amsterdam Smoke and San Juan Hurricanes agree on a deal

Amsterdam receives
4 mil international Bonus Money
   
San Juan receives
2 mil Offseason Bonus Money

[GM Justin]

Miami spends $500K off-season BP to fulfill the contract clause for Michael Givens 

[GM Rinaldi]

THE DETROIT FURY AND SEATTLE LUMBERJACKS HAVE AGREED TO THE FOLLOWING TRADE:

Detroit receives:
$1MM Offseason Bonus Money

Seattle receives:
$2MM International Bonus Money

[GM Rinaldi]

The Detroit Fury have made the following move:

-Pay $2.1MM luxury tax from their offseason bonus funds.

[GM Storm]

Seattle receives:
$5MM in International Bonus Money

New Jersey receives:
S18 Seattle 4th Round Pick
S18 Long Beach 5th Round Pick
S18 Seattle 7th Round Pick   

[GM Adam Wrong]

London Receives
3mm Off Season BP

Munich Receives
12mm of International Bonus Money   

[GM Oldfield]

London harriers use 12.5MM of off-season bonus money to pay their luxury tax bill   

[GM Lucas]

Pearl Harbor Predators and San Juan Hurricanes agree on a trade

Pearl Harbor Receives
SS Hideki Okada
3 mil International Bonus Money

San Juan Receives
SS Dave Funk
5 Mil Offseason Bonus Money
S18 5th (London)
S19 2nd (Alabama)

 

[GM Lucas]

Salt Lake Renegades and San Juan Hurricanes agree on a trade

Salt Lake Receives
DT Charlie Swope

San Juan Receives
S19 3rd (Salt Lake)
S18 5th (San Juan)
7MM International Bonus Money

[GM Gooch]

Myrtle Beach spends $500k for a coaching report.