Sim Basketball Association (SBA)

League Structure
The SBA consists of 3 different tiers: SBA Elite, SBA Premier, and SBA Normal.
 * SBA Elite: This league is the best of the best for both players and coaches. Elite teams have the highest salary caps, have priority for drafting incoming players from college, and overall this league is the highest level of competition.
 * SBA Premier (To be added as demand increases): These leagues are the next step down from the Elite league and as such draft after Elite teams and have slightly lower salary caps. The teams and players in the Premier leagues are still at a very high level and competitive, just at a slightly lower level than Elite.
 * SBA Normal (To be added as demand increases): These are the most basic leagues and have the lowest salary cap of the three tiers and draft after the others have completed their draft rounds. The overall quality of players in this league is lower, but the level of competition is still very high since all teams remain on an equal playing field.

Season Schedule
For a day-by-day breakdown, see: Generic Site Schedule

Each league will contain 30 total teams, split into 2 conference, each with 3 divisions of 5 teams. SBA teams will play a 33 game regular season which includes 2 games against each conference opponent and one game against a random division in the other conference.

At the end of the regular season, the top 8 teams in each conference will make the playoffs. The first place team in each division is guaranteed a playoff berth. Each round of the playoffs is a best of 5 series, with each round being completed over the course of 2 days. The playoffs will conclude with a championship series between the winners of each conference, with the winner of that series being crowned league champion.

After the championship, teams have a couple days off for preparation and then the drafting process begins. Drafts for all leagues will consist of two rounds and one round will occur per day. The Elite league will draft first, followed by premier leagues 2 days later, and Normal leagues 2 days after that. Once the draft is complete and all other end of season processes have been completed, the leagues will progress to the next season.

Salary Cap
Each tier has a different salary cap:
 * SBA Elite: 16,000 Player Dollars / day
 * SBA Premier: 12,000 Player Dollars / day
 * SBA Normal: 8,000 Player Dollars / day

Contracts
Minimum contracts for each player are determined by that player's overall rating. The amount a player gets paid and costs against the cap is based on that player's contract, NOT what the player's current overall rating is. This often makes it beneficial to try and sign players to longer contracts if you expect them to grow out of their current price range. The exception to these minimums are the rookie contracts. Each team has the ability to offer drafted rookies a base contract of 400 PD per day for 2 seasons. The player must accept this contract if offered, but a team can decline offering the contract if they choose. If a team does not offer a rookie contract, the player is released into the free agent pool at which point they will sign based on normal contract rules.
 * 50 and under overall = 400 PD per day
 * 51 - 60 = 800 PD per day
 * 61 - 70 = 1600 PD per day
 * 71 - 80 = 2400 PD per day
 * 81 - 90 = 3200 PD per day
 * 91 - 95 = 4000 PD per day
 * 96 - 100 = 6000 PD per day

Contracts have a maximum length of 5 seasons and any non-rookie contracts can be anywhere from 1-5 seasons as long as the salary meets the league minimums for the player's overall rating.

Player Decline
Players begin declining after a total career of 10 seasons, which equates to 5 seasons in SBA if they played all of their college years. For specifics on how decline works, see: Decline