One year contracts are free when you acquire a player through a draft.

To keep a free agent, they have to be under contract. If no one bids on one of your players that you want to keep, bid $1. You might get them for $1 or if someone else bids on them just wait for the auction to end and decide if you want to retain them.

For cardinals1, after the initial acquisition draft, we will simulate 2022. Then we will start a new league year. You’ll get your $450 before the 2023 rookie draft.