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# How the Salary Cap Works

GameDay Squad runs a salary cap system unlike any other fantasy platform. Your salary cap hit is determined entirely by the **rarity** of the card you own, never by how well that player is performing.

That means a player having a career season does not get more expensive. If you packed him as a Bronze, he costs you a Bronze salary all year.

| Card Type             | Salary Hit | Player Score Multiplier |
| --------------------- | :--------: | :---------------------: |
| Bronze                |   500,000  |           1.0           |
| Silver                |   600,000  |           1.1           |
| Gold                  |   700,000  |           1.2           |
| Platinum              |   800,000  |           1.3           |
| Diamond               |   900,000  |           1.4           |
| Old Season Legend     |   950,000  |           1.45          |
| Current Season Legend |  1,000,000 |           1.5           |
| Prize Card            |   600,000  |           1.4           |
| All Star Card         |   700,000  |           1.35          |

Only your 15 scoring players, the 11 on your Field and the 4 on your Bench, count towards your salary cap. **Emergency selections do not count towards your salary cap**, so you can name the best emergency your competition's rarity limit allows without it costing you a cent of cap space.

Your combined squad salary determines which competitions you are eligible to enter. A squad that lands exactly on a competition's cap still qualifies for that competition.