Posted by kcden on 11/8/2011 10:36:00 AM (view original):
Posted by plague on 11/8/2011 6:12:00 AM (view original):
I would also be ok if the season before a players 3rd arb season, and after you arbed him the 2nd time that WIS allowed you to sign the player long term, but currently you cannot. You only get that one 48 hour window....
Allow players after they have been arbed a 2nd time to sign a long term contract anytime during the season of their 2nd arb season. This will stop the player from going to his 3rd arb season and allow you to only sign him for 5 seasons. This suggestion is better than my original suggestion. Nothing else in the world schedule changes and the problem is solved.
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What if you decide you don't want to arb them or sign them long-term? They hit the FA market after the FA period? That doesn't make any sense....
It does not make sense because by your response I can tell you did not understand my suggestion. My suggestion has nothing to do with the current season FA crop, its the players arbed the current season that will be free agents next season.
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If I am in the minority so be it. In the past I did not want to cut teams but now I am at peace with the idea of cutting teams, even this suggestion is a small effort into minimizing the time restraints. If I had a suggestion to extend other areas without effecting the world schedule I would, but I currently do not..
plague, I understood your suggestion, I don't think you understand this implication of that suggestion. If you have the whole FA resigning period to sign long-term or arbitrate with a player, you can just release that player at the end of it (and not arb or resign). Then that player will hit the FA market after free agency and once players sign immediately.
Otherwise, you are asking that another mechanic be added to the game to keep this from being the case.
I dont think you do because what you said would not happen..First you cannot arb the player during free agency so you can't release the player because by the time it goes to free agency the sim would of already arbed the player..
Here is what happens under my proposal.
2011 ARB period (48 hours). The player is in this 5th pro season. During that 48 hour period you fail to offer arb. The player is then arbed like normal and he has a salary and under contract for the remainder of the season. He cannot go into free agency until 2012.
2011 free agent period (which is 4 days). You have the option to sign that player to a long term contract, however to stop the player base from gaming the system the player would turn down any 5 season offers, just like they turn down unbalanced offers. After the 4 day period then the message would appear that says "since taking me to arb 3 times I am hitting free agency next season.
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However since I made that suggestion I prefer that WIS in the current season allows you to sign your next seasons arb players to long term contracts. I see no reason why that cannot be done, and it gives you a full season instead of 48 hours to sign arb players to long term contracts and it gives you the option to avoid next seasons arbitration period..
11/8/2011 3:48 PM (edited)