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Post by Dallas Cowboys (Colton) on Jan 8, 2013 15:12:48 GMT -5
With the penalty for waivers, there is some validity to choosing a shorter, safer contract. But I do agree on some sort of limit, either by quantity like Hud listed, or a total year limit. I'm in a league with 30 min and 53 max and we use 125 contract years. A similar number to that, or the set amount per length above, would prevent too many 4 years and help promote free agency.
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Post by Oakland Raiders (Andrew) on Jan 8, 2013 15:33:09 GMT -5
With the penalty for waivers, there is some validity to choosing a shorter, safer contract. But I do agree on some sort of limit, either by quantity like Hud listed, or a total year limit. I'm in a league with 30 min and 53 max and we use 125 contract years. A similar number to that, or the set amount per length above, would prevent too many 4 years and help promote free agency. I definitely agree on limits to the number of contract years. But, I favor giving each owner a lump sum of contract years to work from as opposed to assigning a specific number of 1 year or 2 year deals, et al, that each owner can assign. The problem with the latter is that the number of players on each roster can vary wildly according to how people plan and spend - you'll have teams with 30 players and other teams with 50. Hud's suggestion would be ideal if there was an identical number of players on each roster, but since that's not the case here the lump-sum-of-contract years gives owners more leeway while still imposing the reasonable limits we're after.
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Post by Dawgs GM (Hud) on Jan 8, 2013 15:42:08 GMT -5
With the penalty for waivers, there is some validity to choosing a shorter, safer contract. But I do agree on some sort of limit, either by quantity like Hud listed, or a total year limit. I'm in a league with 30 min and 53 max and we use 125 contract years. A similar number to that, or the set amount per length above, would prevent too many 4 years and help promote free agency. I'd be game for that as well. Just a quick list ... Frank Gore Adrian Peterson Chris Johnson Matt Forte Darren McFadden LeSean McCoy Arian Foster Ray Rice How many of these guys are signed for less than 4 years? How many are still the starting running back in 4 years? 4 years ago people like this were being drafted at RB ... Jamal Lewis Willie Parker Joseph Addai LenDale White Earnest Graham Marion Barber Ronnie Brown Brandon Jacobs Brian Westbrook Laurence Maroney Clinton Portis Selvin Young Edgerrin James There will be plenty of pointless 4 year contracts handed out if a limit isn't in place.
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Post by Crestmount (Colts) on Jan 8, 2013 16:15:27 GMT -5
hav set a poll to resolve the contract length question
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Post by Crestmount (Colts) on Jan 8, 2013 16:19:28 GMT -5
RFA contracts voted on by TAB? That isnt a smart idea. Teams will get RFA contracts not given and then TAB teams who do get RFA contracts will be flamed because of it. A certain years limit needs to set or if player is under X experience and contract is under X for Xyrs I would think this will only be necessary in extreme cases, such as suggested earlier, to prevent manipulating the system
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Post by Packers GM (GhostofAl) on Jan 13, 2013 9:05:57 GMT -5
RFA tenders are required to be at least 110% of the previous salary so if someone did sign Luck for 2 yrs @ 17M they are going to pay at least 18.7M for the next 4 years. Not to mention they stand a chance of losing him. You are going to get ALOT of bids on Andrew Luck if you put a first round tender on him.
On the other hand I do think this issue needs to be addressed with a clear cut answer. Either this activity is allowed or not. Think about a player such as Whitney Mercilus. If you are allowed to sign a guy like Mercilus to a 2 year RFA contract his value changes. It's much less risk to sign him to a 2 year RFA and decide if you want to keep him them. No to mention it offers the possibility to lock him up for 6 years. I think we should have a vote to either allow RFA status on guys bid on in the inaugural draft or just not allow anyone bid on in the Inaugural draft to have RFA status. It probably makes more sense to just say anyone bid on in the inaugural draft will not have RFA status even if their contract is up at the end of 3 years or less in the league. There needs to be an all or nothing ruling though. We shouldn't have to wonder whether or not our RFA status will be approved when we decide how many years to offer a player.
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