# Auction Rules and the Cap Penalty

**URL:** https://community.ottoneu.com/t/auction-rules-and-the-cap-penalty/7439
**Category:** Baseball Rules
**Created:** [April 20, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/auction-rules-and-the-cap-penalty/7439 "2020-04-20T17:29:30Z")
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### Author: ![nivshah](https://community.ottoneu.com/user_avatar/community.ottoneu.com/nivshah/32/613_2.png) [@nivshah](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/nivshah)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/auction-rules-and-the-cap-penalty/7439/4 "2020-04-20T17:41:33Z")

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From the thread I linked to, and in fact from the text in the preview to the thread I linked to:

> [@Re-auctioning players after 30 days](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/re-auctioning-players-after-30-days/1961/1):
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> Oddly, his $8 cap penalty was removed, and he’s only been charged $8 for Gurriel, so he effectively got the player he cut at a 50% discount to his original salary.

Yes, your cap penalty will be removed.

The thread gives a full explanation of why the system works this way and why it isn’t automated.

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