I'm trying to figure out why I'm not winning this FA tiebreaker, so somebody please point out where I'm coming up short

1) I offered a FA SP $110M plus a NTC and player option. Since that is the most desirable contract possible, I must be tied with the leader.
2) The players former team has > $30M cap space
3) I have the highest rated pitching coach in the league (93) and the sum of my pitching coach and bullpen coach's (77) IQ exceeds that of any team with $30M+ cap space. The closest to me is 88/81.

So am I losing some time tiebreaker? I won more games than anyone else bidding on him, so that can't be the issue. This is driving me crazy!


FYI, from the FAQ section:

#761 Free-Agency Q. A ML free agent in our world has several contracts offered to him that are the same exact value. How is it determined who he will sign with?
A. When a free agent has multiple exact offers of any value at the ML level the tiebreakers are as follows: relevant IQs of the coaching staff and ballpark. If the players previous franchise is also bidding on him, then that franchise will receive a small loyalty bonus. When the coaching staff is used to break the tie position players will look at the hitting IQ of the hitting coach and the fielding IQ of the fielding coach. Pitchers will look at the pitching IQ of the pitching coach and the bullpen coach. In cases where the offers are still tied and the coaching staff has been factored in ballpark is used to determine which franchise the player will sign with. Pitchers always want to pitch in a pitchers park, while position players will always want to play in a hitters park.

He's a homophobe.

You scare him.

i knew you would post that. i hate it when computerized people get all judgmental like that!

I would have thought that the team's last years W-L would have to do with this a little

Who offered the contract first? If you were never the leader, it still might be built as such even though it was stated that was fixed.

i offered second, which seems to be the only explanation here.

I provided the explanation.

the game is anti capitalistic, and is limiting the amount the pitcher can make on the free market.

need a stronger sim players union.

Some people say unions inhibit the free market.

So do anti trust exemptions.

Maybe he just doesn't want to play in Toronto...

Or for you...

he just signed for the max with a player option, no NTC. the team has 82/74 pitching/bullpen coaches and won 40 less games than me last season.

makes perfect sense.

first guy to the max wins?

what does NTC stand for?