So I've got a question regarding RFAs. It's recently come to my attention that player can actually sign their RFA contracts at age 27. I'm wondering if anyone has any specifics on when / how this happens?
Example case:
Daniel Pålsson is a player I recently purchased on the market. He will be an RFA at the end of his current contract (which expires in 75 days). That will be day 3 of season 15 in handball. At that point, he'll be 27, not 26.
I'm curious because my top two players (
Ted Keenan and
Rolland Benedict ) are both 24 y/o and I've been thinking that they'd both become RFAs in two seasons. Now I'm wondering if this will indeed be the case. Both have contracts that roll over EXTREMELY early in the season. Each season,
Rolland Benedict 's contract expires on Day 4, while
Ted Keenan 's expires 9 days later on Day 13.
The guide says RFAs are "A player who is 26 years old and whose contract expires in 14 days."
Does this mean that since both
Ted Keenan and
Rolland Benedict will still be 25 y/o when there's 14 days left on their contract that I'll get the equivalent of an extra season before they become RFAs?
If so, that'd definitely be a pretty sweet deal. Even if only
Rolland Benedict makes the cut, that might actually be EVEN better (in terms of making sure I have enough money to keep both of them on my team).
Any insight is appreciated...