Following the "fa-bids" line should be a line with the number of groups you will be listing, the maximum amount of salary cap space you want to use when the bids are run, and the maximum number of players to sign. Following should be each group.

The first line of a group includes the number of bids in the group (the number of players to be bid on), the maximum number of those bids that you would want to sign, and the maximum amount of salary cap space to spend on players in the group. Following this line is each bid in the group. A bid consists of a player ID number and the bid contract level, contract duration, bonus type, and optionally the priority in signing a player. Contracts are specified exactly as in the contracts command, except that bonus options are only none (0) or standard (1).

When free agent bidding runs, the players will be run sequentially, auction-style. The order will be determined by the value of the bids placed on the players. Thus just because you value player A more than player B does not mean that player A will be signed first if other coaches do not feel similarly. To give greater flexibility, you may assign priorities to each player. When a certain player comes up for bidding, your team will only bid on him if no players in that group with priority of more than one greater than that player's remain to be run. Thus you can wait to try to get your favorite players, risking not getting anybody at all.

Note: if a player is listed in two or more groups for the same team, priority will go to the highest bid.

  FA-BIDS
  2 6.00 3
  1 1
     574 3.20 10 2 0
  5 3
     521 1.60 5 1 2
     367 1.00 5 1 1
     946 1.00 5 1 1
      76 0.60 3 2 0
    1357 0.40 2 2 0
will sign at most three players from two free agent groups.  The first group
consists of one player (574), of which one can be signed (of course).  The
second group has five players (521, 1357, 76, 367, and 946), of which only
three may be signed.  In the second group, all bids will be passed until
player 521 runs.  Players 76 and 1357 will only be bid on if players 521,
367, and 946 have all been signed already.