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Originally Posted by Markmeister
Babtists,
The problem is that all 1-year contracts expire at the end of the season. A player that signs a 1-year contract with a league that has not reached free agency can become a free agent again without the team playing a single game.
Going back to my example, the player should have stayed on the Saint Louis Browns roster through 11/10/06.
Mark
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yup..seen this myself a few times. As Mark has said, the issue is with players changing leagues. For example, a player from the Mexican league (who's season ends in say Aug) will sign with a team from the MLB for 1 year in Aug. But when the MLB season ends, he becomes a FA. Only way I see getting around this is to make sure the contracts are actually date driven, not calendar driven. Probably pretty difficult to code at this point (for 2006 I mean). Mark, have you run some tests after adjusting the start dates? I'm curious what happens if a league (say an indy league) ends before the MLB. This has to still be a problem even with your suggestion since not all leagues have the same schedule length. Would be cool if you could set number of games PLUS an end date (such as all minors should end by Sept 1, but currently the game goes well into September).