A newly drafted player's contract should not become active until training camp.

What I mean by this is that as long as you still have the option to "Void Contract" for a newly drafted player, you should be able to trade that player without taking the cap hit for the bonus.

The entire contract, including bonus, should move to the new team. In effect you are basically trading their rights to the new team.

This would be especially helpful during the drafts when two owners want to make a trade to move up/down.

Right now, many times the messed up balance bar won't allow the trade to go through with picks because the AI thinks you're about to draft Peyton Manning. That same trade would be allowed if you replace the highest pick with the player that could actually be taken with that pick. However, if you wait until after the pick is made to make the trade you end up having to eat a huge bonus.

Yup, my new team in CUST72 already has 10 mil in dead cap for next season lol.

All from 1 trade.

This was the example that made me finally make a post about this.

yea, i was the other party in the trade i have 3.7 mil in dead cap but agree i should have the 10 mil since i got the player, we are in allocation in 72 and the original trade offer was his 1.1 for my 3.25 and 5.25, i could understand why it wouldn't go through in reg season but in allocation this should have been allowed

just as reference it is now 6.27 and we have 85+ overall available at most positions and 90+ overall available for O-line and Kicker/Punter so when you trade the players you could get at that position it comes out to (maximum possible for the 1.1) 100 rated player for a 95ish and a 90ish so i don't understand why it wouldn't allow the trade (said it was too unbalanced in my favor)

trade that went through was:
his 96 overall SS (we have a thin draft for high quality secondary)
my 96 overall DE and 5.25

trade bar showed in his favor, with how far over it was i'm guessing that if i had drafted the 5.25 player (84 overall CB) the trade would have probably showed as too unbalanced in his favor (84 rated player instead of 90ish because of how thin secondary is in our allocation)