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Old 07-09-2008, 05:01 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Fair enough, and I see where you're coming from. It's a reasonable approach to say, "All's fair in love and war," and roll with it. I still see the situation as bothersome from the standpoint that I can't see a real star player ever agreeing to a deal like this, but I'm at least willing to consider holding off implementing a rule.

What I'm going to do is talk this over with my League Presidents, making sure to present both sides. They've proven themselves to be very level-headed guys who know how to put the league before their own teams. Raidergoo, any problem with me copy/pasting your argument into our private League Presidents forum for them to read? I think you made your case well and I want to make sure I'm presenting both sides fairly.
You're right, real star players would never agree to a deal like that, but IRL, real star players will never go unsigned during normal FA, and therefore won't be sitting around in August looking for a contract.
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