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Originally Posted by actionjackson
A little background: I'm currently playing a random debut historical in 1905, with free agency on, the draft on, and free agent compensation on. I'm using pre-2012 CBA rules (i.e. I have not checked the "Enable 2012 CBA rule changes" box on the Rules Page in League Settings), so arbitration does not have to be offered to players going to free agency in order for a team to be compensated in the draft.
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Re: the bolded. Your statement is incorrect, at least according to the real life rules. In order to be eligible for draft pick compensation, arbitration
must be offered to the free agent. This requirement goes all the way back to at least the 1990 CBA.