Player Retirement

Eventually, players will retire in OOTP. There is no preset age when this will happen but players will retire when they did historically if the Retire According To History option is selected. Retirement occurs at the end of the season. Players who have suffered career-ending injuries will always retire at the end of a season. If a player retires while he is still under contract, the remaining term of the contract is voided, and the team no longer has to pay the player.

Depending on their mail settings, the General Manager may receive a notice when players retire. The event will be noted in both the team and league transaction logs.

Players in OOTP will not come out of retirement to return to the list of active players by default. In historical replay modes, players who miss seasons (or retire and return later) will return during the off-season before they resume playing. Commissioners can manually force players to retire or unretire.

Retired players are listed on the Retired Players page.