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Originally Posted by Nutlaw
Could we simplify it even further by taking the negotiating process out of it and replacing it with a standard fee? Something like five times the player's current yearly salary, or the standard superstar salary in the independent league, or the league minimum salary in the major league or something along those lines?
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I like the negotiating aspect. Standard salaries oftenbear no relation to what the player is worth, especially for young players.
Using the Superstar category makes more sense to me, but it would keep player teams from buying players to stock their minor system. Of course, that may be what you're looking for.
By including the negotiating aspect you tie the cost of the player into the trade bias system ('easy'/'normal'/'difficult'/etc.), which seems to me a good thing. It would (or at least should) also take into account how valuable the player is to the team that would lose him. Is he merely the best starting pitcher on the team with the best rotation in the league? In that case he might go cheaper. Is he the only viable option at shortstop? In that case his price goes up.
It seems to me that by establishing a flat fee or scale (five times his current salary) you are in effect making these supposedly independent leagues into de facto vending machines to be raided whenever you feel a touch hungry.