# Can a team over the salary cap withdraw a bid in an ongoing auction?
**URL:** https://community.ottoneu.com/t/can-a-team-over-the-salary-cap-withdraw-a-bid-in-an-ongoing-auction/14182
**Category:** Baseball Rules
**Tags:** auction
**Created:** [March 6, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/can-a-team-over-the-salary-cap-withdraw-a-bid-in-an-ongoing-auction/14182 "2024-03-06T16:46:42Z")
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### Author:  [@ChrisHurst](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/ChrisHurst)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/can-a-team-over-the-salary-cap-withdraw-a-bid-in-an-ongoing-auction/14182/1 "2024-03-06T16:46:42Z")
This came up this morning. A team went over their salary cap. They wanted to withdraw a current bid on an in-season auction but they weren’t able to withdraw. I suspect they couldn’t make any changes to the bid at all, which prevented them from entering the 0 dollar bid. They didn’t initiate the auction. I assume the team has to cut players to get below the salary cap before they can do anything, but I want to confirm that for the team.
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### Author:  [@nivshah](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/nivshah)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/can-a-team-over-the-salary-cap-withdraw-a-bid-in-an-ongoing-auction/14182/2 "2024-03-06T16:58:14Z")
Yes, you have to cut players before you can edit bids. The team should just get into a legal state.