Schneides Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 What is the difference between the 7 day and 24 day IR? Is there any incentive to put a player on the 24 day IR if he is expected to be out longer than 3 weeks? Cheers Schneides Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Riz Remes Posted April 8, 2015 SI Staff Share Posted April 8, 2015 Players are put on injured reserve generally to open up a roster spot, as players on IR don't count against the roster limits. Additionally, players on long term injured reserve don't count against the cap so there is an option to get replacement players in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuckingAround Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 What's the incentive to use the 24 day IR instead of just continually renewing the 7 day IR? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJLM82 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Riz just said above. 7 day IR = opens a roster spot, but injured player salary still counts. 24 IR = opens a roster spot + removes players salary from cap total, so injured player salary will not count. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuckingAround Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Ah, I understand now. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth_14 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 In real life, placing a player on the 24-day IR does not remove his salary from the cap. It enables the team to exceed the cap by the difference of the injured player's salary and the remaining cap space. So if a team has $1.0 million of available cap space, and a player with a salary cap hit of $5.0 million is injured, the team can exceed the cap by $4.0 million. Conversely, if that same team had $6.0 million in available cap space, they would not receive any relief. I'm assuming coding this into the game, along with the associated roster movement shenanigans to maximise the benefit, is more trouble than it is worth. Also, is there a way to retroactively place a player on 24-day IR in the game? I had a player who was supposed to be out for "about two weeks" but only resumed light practice after four weeks and was another week before he was at 100%. So he spent almost five weeks on the 7-day IR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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