I've already sent in a ticket and waiting on a response, but I figured I would see if anyone on the forums knew the answer.

I had a Type A free agent get signed by a team yesterday. I got that team's #17 pick and a supplemental pick. Today when I looked though, I had been replaced in that #17 slot. The team that signed my Type A free agent went and signed another Type A free agent and I was replaced by the team who previously had that 2nd Type A. So I kept my #41 supplemental, but I got bumped from the #17 pick to the #70 pick and I'm a little ****** about it. How does WIS determine priority for Type A compensation (essentially, how do they decide who gets the 1st round compensation when a team signs multiple Type A free agents)

last year's record of his ex-team- worse team gets priority.

it's retarded- it should be based on contract size of the departing FA, or at the very least overall.

i have thought about starting a petition for them to change it, but i'm too lazy.

I think it should go by order of signing. If my guy gets signed first, I get the pick. If your team sucks due to poor management or poor ownership, too bad that is reflected in the normal order of the amateur draft.

As it turns out, the guy who got my #17 pick also has the #2 overall pick. So because he let a type A free agent walk and that free agent signed with someone else, he now gets 2 picks in the Top 17. Said team also has a team payroll of $43.4M. So rather than paying to keep his own players, letting them walk nets him better prospects. Complete BS...Way to go WIS.

The supplemental pick will also change #. Everyone who gets at least one Type A comp pick gets their first pick, in the same order as the draft. Then any second Type A comps anyone might have, then Type Bs. So you can figure out which pick you will end up with, but they won't be put in final order until the draft prospects come out.

Free Agency ends in one hour and this guy has $43.4M out of his $81M player payroll budget spent. So besides getting two good draft picks (Top 17), he will have approx. $18M to transfer over to his $20M prospect budget thereby assuring him of at least 1 Top IFA.

Great, so I get F***ed in the supplemental round too...GG WIS

considering that a) the game worked the way it was supposed to and b) even by the more logical real life method (determine priority by quality of player), you should have lost since your guy got $26M compared to $45M.

so STFU and stop whining. there's no logic by 1st priority going to first signing and nobody in their right mind would give up the #17 pick to sign your turd without the intention of signing another type A.

well I have indeed chosen to STFU, but I'm done with that world. My bigger problem is with teams benefitting by tanking and being allowed to stay in that world

I can agree with you on that one- you need a very stringent commish to prevent tankers from slipping through the cracks and no need to give them extra incentives with type A's. i think i'll start a poll now.

I would like to see some version of the MLB rule:

"If there are 14 or fewer Type A or Type B free agents available, no team can sign more than one type A or B player. If there are between 15-38, no team can sign more than two. If there are between 39 and 62, there's a limit of three. However, teams can sign as many Type A or B free agents as they've lost, regardless of the limits above."

As it is now, some teams get fourth- or fifth-round picks in exchange for a departing Type A guy, which sucks for them, and the current system also encourages the opposite of tanking.

Hm, I'm the guy who signed two Type A free agents. Sorry for inadvertently screwing you, firemanrob! Was it a faux pas to sign more than one? Still a newbie here :(

I actually found this thread while looking for the answer to 'what draft picks will I be giving up...' For some reason, my assumption was that I'd give up future first-rounders. (NBA state of mind.)

nope, it's generally a smart move to stack type A signings once your 1st rounder's gone...you can find some nice discounts that people have been leaving alone because they want to keep their picks.

Quote: Originally posted by firemanrob on 2/10/2010I think it should go by order of signing. If my guy gets signed first, I get the pick. If your team sucks due to poor management or poor ownership, too bad that is reflected in the normal order of the amateur draft.

As it turns out, the guy who got my #17 pick also has the #2 overall pick. So because he let a type A free agent walk and that free agent signed with someone else, he now gets 2 picks in the Top 17. Said team also has a team payroll of $43.4M. So rather than paying to keep his own players, letting them walk nets him better prospects. Complete BS...Way to go WIS.

That's the way it used to be. What happened was the top talent which took forever to sign (because of constant bidding) were given' comp picks in the 3rd, 4th, 5th round etc.

Someone whined and it got changed. That's how it works here.

Quote: Originally posted by deanod on 2/11/2010nope, it's generally a smart move to stack type A signings once your 1st rounder's gone...you can find some nice discounts that people have been leaving alone because they want to keep their picks.

Yep, if your going to sign 1 type A you might as well sign any others you like because 2nd round picks are usually role players at the major league level.