I'm not sure a longer term contract is necessarily all that secure. My contract at the first club that signed me was for a year/season, and I was waived within a day. (Maybe there is an exemption?)

I think most human managers will be offering only 1-year deals, because they want to see which players are actually being watched over by active members.

Anybody figure out if there are promotion/relegation in these leagues?

I threw some money at the site last night (admittedly, I was a bit tired, maybe even half-asleep, and paying through paypal made it three clicks to do it) and looked around a bit to see if it was possible to buy a team and make it the "OTF" team. But I think everything is sold out, so no luck there.

I'll probably be creating a corner back with some kick returning ability. Neon Deion returns.