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Old 01-18-2014, 10:00 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by byzeil View Post
It being a Team Option means that you could release him now and the Option would be declined, you would only pay the remaining $$ on his contract for the current season. You do not have to wait for the game to ask you to make a decision.

If you had a player with 3 years left at $5mil/$5mil/$5mil(Team Opt) and you released him right now it would cost you $10 mil and the TO would not be picked up.

Edit: Though if there is a Buyout amount that amount would be charged to you.
AFAIK that is not true. Any option that exists becomes confirmed if you release a player. So a player making $8M with an option for $10M if released halfway through the season would be paid $4M+$10M upon release. I'll check when I have a chance.
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