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Originally Posted by Chicagofan76
if i turn FA off in 1871 but keep arbitration on at 1 yr does that sound good, cant do any more then 1 yr?
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That is what I have done. The only problem is that players do not become free agents until after 2 years unless you tweak min days for a year service to fit your season. It does the same thing with my Indys. If you use the standard modern 172 days none of your guys will get 1 yr service time in 1 yr since the schedule is shorter. I actually have to tweak this for my current Indy leagues how are running 70 to 100 game seasons so they will be free agents after their first full season. They simply can't 172 days and therefore can't get a yr service time in one year when you have 100 games or less since ML service time only accumulates from opening day to the end of the playoffs.
Also if you really want to enforce one year contracts the only way to do it is edit the contracts each year.
Pirating NL players is how the AL got their good players and the Pittsburgh Pirates got their name. The AL really seemed to doom the reserve clause and NL owner's profit not just from competition but also from player salary standpoint. The Saint Louis Browns signed some of the Cards best players in 1901. The national agreement led to pure economic evil from my standpoint and stabilized a trust but it brought stability back to baseball.