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Originally Posted by BPS
That is, just because I have $1 million in the bank this does not mean I'm willing to pay $500 for a lawnmower I (and other reasonable people) think is worth $150. If the price for the lawnmower is set at $500 (because a wealthy person just entered the store), the quantity demanded will be zero despite the fact he has lots of money to spend. This is what some people sometimes experience in the game with free agents.
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This is such a terrific analogy in my opinion, thanks for offering it up.
It's not collusion when independently people decide not to pay $500 for a flawed lawnmower just because they have $1 million to spend. In my opinion that's just common sense. What's wrong with saving your money so you are in a position to buy a better lawnmower when one appears?
What's fascinating to me is the other comment above that Markus is trying to solve a legitimate problem of cash management using free agent demands to sop up the excess. To me that totally explains why we're seeing the issue in our league.
So what to do about it... the 'keep an offer on the table' bug/feature request above is a start, it helps teams manage their finances as responsibly as they choose to in a world where free agents are being used to grab their excess cash.
But it's still a somewhat flawed system. I'd like to think there is a better way to manage cash overages than manipulating free agent demands artificially. But admittedly, I don't know what that would be.
I know lots of people have commented that the system isn't broken, and we should adapt and accomodate to the game as it is. I for one am glad the conversation has gotten to a point where this can be challenged. After all, the game wouldn't be as good as it already is if we didn't continually challenge Markus to make it better.