Admin Notes
After some discussion over e-mail, with Coach Clipboard, the fundamental problem here is that the pro free agent signing order is largely a function of the orders submitted by coaches. So, in order to stop bidding after the first 25% of available free agents were signed, we would still require everyone to submit a full set of bids (for all available free agents). Then, the second round of free agency would work similarly - everyone submits bids for the remaining 75%, and bidding stops after 1/3 of those are signed. Only the third and any later rounds would work as expected.
Overall, while this would allow for a course correction after the first round (or for coaches who missed the first round to somewhat recover), this would significantly increase the workload for the majority of coaches.
Also, please note that a separate change was implemented to e-mail coaches who had not submitted orders, so the change requested here should not be as important as it once was.

Comments
Jeff Blevins: I like it for both reasons. I have missed it alot recently and it is hard to play if you miss it.