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Post by Hall of Famers on Jul 15, 2023 13:54:27 GMT -5
Just a thought, but what do you guys think of multi year free agent signings holding more weight than 1 year signings?
It seems most the star free agent signings are 1 years at an astronomical amount that is too large to carry for more than 1 year because of the default annual salary increase... So was wondering what people thought about the more years that the player is signed for the more perceived value it adds to the signing, just like it would be in pro sports?
For example, if a player in the NBA is offered 1 year $40M by team A, but team B offers him 3 years 100M, he's likely to take the 3 year deal.
So I was thinking, for each additional year you'd add an extra 10% - 25% (TBD) of perceived value to the signing.
Thoughts?
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Post by Moorestown Big Dogs on Jul 16, 2023 13:43:11 GMT -5
I took a long look at this, and while I really like the idea, I was unable to come up with a formula I liked that was easy enough to implement without confusion. As an example, let us use 20% (sort of middle of the range you are suggesting) and see how some bidding for a star player might go:
GM 1 - $30 / 1 year GM 2 - $20 / 4 years ($20 x 1.6 = 32, so higher) GM 3 - $24 / 3 years ($24 x 1.4 = 33.6) GM 1 - $34 / 1 year GM 4 - $30 / 2 years ($30 x 1.2 = 36) GM 3 - $31 / 2 years GM 1 - $37.50 / 1 year GM 2 - $24 / 4 years ($24 x 1.6 = 38.4) GM 4 - $33 / 2 years ($33 x 1.2 = 39.6)
While it can be done, and I am not saying that we are not smart enough to handle it, I know many of us use cell phones a lot of the time to bid, and seeing the above on a small screen it could be a challenge to know what you need to bid.
On the other hand, the reason I was looking at it was that we have a lot less "killer dead contracts" than the real professional sports teams do. And this could lead to some more of those, as a GM might only have, say $25 of Cap space but really wants LeBron. So they bid a 4 year deal, beating a one year $39.75 bid. But LeBron is unlikely to be playing that 4th year, year 3 is very questionable as well.
Interested to hear what others might think.
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Post by Dwayne Bowe on Jul 16, 2023 17:02:33 GMT -5
The addition of the (R) designation and 225% resign for rookies was designed to increase the cost of those draft picks. It only came in a few years ago so it might not be until this year or next year even that some of those guys get a bump in price and therefore there should be a little less free cap space.
It won't make a huge difference in available cap, but it will be a bit more.
The bidding process above seems like a big headache, especially on our phones as Moores noted.
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Post by Ellsworth Hearts on Aug 12, 2023 11:18:41 GMT -5
I used to be in a league before the commish neglected to re-instate it after the end of the season in which we would bid on players in the form of bid points. cost * length of contract = bid points. in the end each manager must still out bid (either in cost or in bid points) the last manager to take on the contract.
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Post by Dynasty Empire on Mar 23, 2024 9:03:03 GMT -5
There is a reason the commissioner abandoned that league. He did not have the time to keep up with the rules. I was in a league that was so complex it was not fun at all.
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