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Pineapple · 03-10-2009, 02:16 AM

Sorry if this has been mentioned before. For some reason my team expenses increased by $52,963.00 after I released an arbitration elgible player. This player is in his final year of his contract and is elgible for arbitration in the offseason.

Since I did not want to tender him an arbitration contract, I released him during the league's playoffs. But for some reason, I am still charged some extra money when releasing him.

The funny thing is that I tried releasing other elgible players with similar contract (players in the final year of their contract who were elgible in the offseason). All other players I released did not penalized me except for this one player.

Also another weird thing is that when you normally release a player, there is a popup warning stating that your team will be charged the remaining amount of his contract. There was no warning popup when I released this one player.

I am totally confused on this. I am certain he is in the final year of his contract. This release was done after the season (during the playoffs). I also do not understand why it only occurs only on this player. All other players released does not cause my team expense to increase.

03-10-2009, 02:16 AM	#1
Pineapple Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 92	Releasing Arbitration Elgible Player Results in Financial Penalty? Sorry if this has been mentioned before. For some reason my team expenses increased by $52,963.00 after I released an arbitration elgible player. This player is in his final year of his contract and is elgible for arbitration in the offseason. Since I did not want to tender him an arbitration contract, I released him during the league's playoffs. But for some reason, I am still charged some extra money when releasing him. The funny thing is that I tried releasing other elgible players with similar contract (players in the final year of their contract who were elgible in the offseason). All other players I released did not penalized me except for this one player. Also another weird thing is that when you normally release a player, there is a popup warning stating that your team will be charged the remaining amount of his contract. There was no warning popup when I released this one player. I am totally confused on this. I am certain he is in the final year of his contract. This release was done after the season (during the playoffs). I also do not understand why it only occurs only on this player. All other players released does not cause my team expense to increase.