Bids may not be conditional on other owners actions. If two owners submit the same bid for the same player, the team with the worst record gets the player. Use the same tiebreakers you use to determine playoff spots if the two teams also have identical records. By releasing players, owners free up salary cap space. This salary cap money is used to acquire free agents.
Owners retain any leftover salary cap money for use in future weeks.
Any salary cap money left over from the auction may be used to bid upon free agents as well. If the commissioner himself wishes to make a free agent pickup, he must submit his sealed bid to another league member before the deadline to ensure fair play. At the appointed hour, the commissioner opens all the bids and awards free agents to the highest bidder. Any bid that would cause a team to be out of compliance with the salary cap will be thrown out. Free agent pickups may still be made after the bid deadline but before the start of that week s NFL games.