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- Gridiron Manager (4827460)
- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 9 September 2026 - 20:25:21 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
PATCH NOTES THE BIG ONE: RECRUITING WAS BROKEN. IT'S FIXED NOW. A bad formula meant every college roster showed 0 open scholarships from Week 1 onward — recruiting was silently unusable for an entire season, for you and every AI team. That's fixed, and there's now a safety net too: if a roster ever comes up short at a position (whether from a season of neglected recruiting, free agency, or the draft), walk-ons and street free agents will fill the gap so you're never staring at an unplayable, QB-less team. NEW: PRO CONTRACTS HAVE TEETH - Contracts now actually expire! (Yes, they didn't before — years-remaining was frozen forever. Sorry.) - Restricted and unrestricted free agency: players with fewer than 4 accrued seasons get auto-tendered by their original team; 4+ hits the open market. - Franchise tag: lock down one impending free agent per season at a position-tier salary instead of los...