Roster Cuts

Cut player from the roster works differently in MFL. Instead of let go high salary player for nothing you can trade him for low level player. This mechanic implemented in a such way to avoid increasing probability of forfeit loses due to multiple roster cuts.

Be advised that you cannot trade player for Free Agent. When you do a trade, obligations on salary which you're paying currently to your player goes to another team. In addition, new team will pay you money difference between salaries of new player and your old player as a compensation for value of such a great player. In case of Free Agent there is no other team which would pay you this compensation for value, so in that situation in addition to losing money as salary for your ex-player you're trying to pay salary to the new player. That's why system doesn't allow you to make Free Agent move.