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injury log · 07-03-2007, 12:07 PM

This half-belongs in the contract forum, half in the Front Office forum...

Suggestion

Have some high-potential draftees request signing bonuses. Have most high-potential international signees request signing bonuses. At the beginning of each off-season, let the user set a budget for player contracts, draft signs, and international signs.

Reason

The game would be much more interesting if different financial strategies could be employed (e.g. allocating a lot of money to international signings, or to the draft, or to free agents), but at the moment the draft and international scouting cost nothing. By implementing bonuses only for draftees and international signs, they could still be awarded minor league contracts, but still incur some cost to the signing team. The draft would be much more interesting if there was, say, a slotting system for round 1, but if some players requested above slot, some below slot bonuses. There would be an interesting added realism if players fell in the draft because of bonus demands. To avoid complexity, I don't think many players should request any bonus at all in a given draft; it would, I think, make things more interesting if about fifty draftees (in a 30-team league) required some kind of bonus.

Priority

For me, high.

07-03-2007, 12:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
injury log Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: London Posts: 2,243	This half-belongs in the contract forum, half in the Front Office forum... Suggestion Have some high-potential draftees request signing bonuses. Have most high-potential international signees request signing bonuses. At the beginning of each off-season, let the user set a budget for player contracts, draft signs, and international signs. Reason The game would be much more interesting if different financial strategies could be employed (e.g. allocating a lot of money to international signings, or to the draft, or to free agents), but at the moment the draft and international scouting cost nothing. By implementing bonuses only for draftees and international signs, they could still be awarded minor league contracts, but still incur some cost to the signing team. The draft would be much more interesting if there was, say, a slotting system for round 1, but if some players requested above slot, some below slot bonuses. There would be an interesting added realism if players fell in the draft because of bonus demands. To avoid complexity, I don't think many players should request any bonus at all in a given draft; it would, I think, make things more interesting if about fifty draftees (in a 30-team league) required some kind of bonus. Priority For me, high.