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Suggestion
Have a real system of offering and decling arbitration for each eligible player rather than the current system by exception. Use this to include the option to offer arbi to all prospective free agents so we can improve the FA compensation system.
Reason
The way it's done now doesn't mirror the way it's done IRL. This also makes FA compensation deeply flawed. Finally it would add another element of realism as IRL arbitration can be a very big deal in the offseason. IRL it sometimes changes the way a player feels about a franchise. The game as is, is very clinical. You don't cut a guy so he automatically accepts arbi and all is well when in fact maybe the guy wants to negotiate a long term deal now and if the team refuses too he may decide to leave at his first opportunity or ask for a trade. It happens all the time.
Priority
To me it's a must have if the intent is to improve FA compensation. Plus the dynamics of resigning players has changed quite a bit the last few years as more and more players are signing long term deals while still eligible for arbi. In fact I'd say most of the really good ones are getting big deals done earlier and earlier.
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"The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes, from a sociological point of view, is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character, and interests, as well as the ultimate effects on society through C's interests, are entirely overlooked. I call C the Forgotten Man"
- William Graham Sumner
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