Posted by MikeT23 on 5/6/2012 11:20:00 AM (view original):
Seriously(not to mean you don't have the prettiest drawings on the fridge), I don't care how you play the game.   If you think contracts are "1...2...3", that's fine.  However, people learning the game read these forums.   Definitive statements in a complicated game need to be correct.  Yours isn't.    deano had the good sense to back away from his.   Take a cue from him.

Just say "I don't understand".

Posted by MikeT23 on 5/6/2012 11:09:00 AM (view original):
I said you had the prettiest drawings on the fridge.   Do you need me to put a gold star on them?

This?

You can't be right every time.   You don't know how anyone else needs to set up their payroll.  That's just a simple fact.   Too many moving parts.

So let's just agree to call this "The MikeT":

1) Mock anyone that disagrees with you.
2) When you get confused and/or you think you might be wrong, resort to personal attacks.
3) If #2 fails, engage in sarcastic compliments.
4) Repeat until the others stop posting.

1)  Especially when they're wrong.
2)  Especially when they're wrong.
3)  Especially when they're wrong.
4)  Especially when they're wrong.


You can't be right every time.   You don't know how anyone else needs to set up their payroll.  That's just a simple fact.   Too many moving parts.

You're so predictable.

I've got a few minutes before I need to leave for my game.

I want to sign a FA.  It's going to take 5/50m.   How should I set up the contract?

Here I thought I'd get some tips on how to learn more about contracts.. and it ends up being an internet ******* match.  Ugh

Posted by MikeT23 on 5/6/2012 1:26:00 PM (view original):
I've got a few minutes before I need to leave for my game.

I want to sign a FA.  It's going to take 5/50m.   How should I set up the contract?

So you don't understand?

Missing information......

Which season is your choke point for salary? This season, next season, none?
Do you have too much cash this season?

15m in cash this season.   Plenty to max the allowed amount in any other season.

But I have to leave now.  I'll be back later to learn from your wisdom. 

Posted by iain on 5/5/2012 11:58:00 PM (view original):
Can we all agree that the highest single season salary (exclusive of signing bonus) should be the MO season?

Does that not fundamentally make contracts backloaded?

I wouldn't necessarily agree with the first sentence.

When you offer a contract with a mutual option that you fully intend to decline, you are making an explicit decision that you are throwing away 25% of the final season contract value.  So for example, if it's $12m for the final season . . . you're eating the $3m buyout, essentially saying "I'm willing to accept that I have a $182m budget in Sx."

I'm not saying that that's necessarily a bad thing, but it should not be an automatic thing.  It all depends on the both your immediate circumstances, and what you anticipate to be your future circumstances in Sx.

And beyond what tec said, if you want the player to decline - saving you the cash - then it could be better to have a lesser number at the end.

Posted by jsturgis5866 on 5/6/2012 5:06:00 PM (view original):
And beyond what tec said, if you want the player to decline - saving you the cash - then it could be better to have a lesser number at the end.

There's no way that a lower $ figure in the option year is going to save you as much money by virtue of the player declining.

To put it in perspective: if the player has a 100% chance of declining a $10M option and a 0% chance of declining a $14M option, you are still saving $10.5M after the $3.5M buyout in the latter scenario to save an extra $500K.  And obviously the percentages are never going to be 100 vs 0.

Posted by tecwrg on 5/6/2012 2:39:00 PM (view original):

Posted by iain on 5/5/2012 11:58:00 PM (view original):
Can we all agree that the highest single season salary (exclusive of signing bonus) should be the MO season?

Does that not fundamentally make contracts backloaded?

I wouldn't necessarily agree with the first sentence.

When you offer a contract with a mutual option that you fully intend to decline, you are making an explicit decision that you are throwing away 25% of the final season contract value.  So for example, if it's $12m for the final season . . . you're eating the $3m buyout, essentially saying "I'm willing to accept that I have a $182m budget in Sx."

I'm not saying that that's necessarily a bad thing, but it should not be an automatic thing.  It all depends on the both your immediate circumstances, and what you anticipate to be your future circumstances in Sx.

This is a good way to think if you like to run your team suboptimally.

Why hasn't JVF told me how to structure my contract?