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Originally Posted by Buane
Let's not oversimplify the problem. The issue I'm talking about is not "All Free Agents Want Too Much Money" which I suppose, as some as you have pointed out, can be tied to available cash on hand. The problem is that there are a handful of free agents who are laughably unrealistic about their demands.
Who's going to give a guy an 8-year deal off of three elbow surgeries in two years?
Who's going to shell out $25 mil for the 1B/DH when NO other 1B/DH in the league makes more than $10 mil?
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It happens irl.
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Originally Posted by Buane
And, I'm sorry, but the fact that you can't even get a player to talk to you if you offer him a $14 million dollar contract on Day 1 of the offseason, but that same player will happily sign a $6 million dollar contract on Day 90 of the offseason isn't a problem that anybody in any league would be interested in fixing?
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How much was he asking for on Day 1? This seems very realistic to me. After 90 days the guy lowered his demand because he couldn't get what he wanted. What's wrong with that?
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Originally Posted by Buane
If there was a financial setting that allowed players to "listen to" and "hold on" to any contract offer, you'd have a much more logical free agent system.
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I've never seen the problem you're talking about here, where you say players won't even let you submit an offer. The only time that happens is when you low ball a guy and then I don't blame him one bit for not wanting to listen to you anymore. Straight up though, you should be able to submit an offer.