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coljesep · 02-18-2013, 10:06 AM

It'd be nice if OOTP 14 and future versions had some sort of required buyout amount for team options.

Basically signing a team option with $0 buyout is essentially fooling the game into signing a contract you never need to follow through with.

In my league all 28 GM's have to have a 15% or more buyout. It's policed manually which can be a pain - but if the game had this feature handled correctly it'd be way better.

To give an extreme example, lets say a free agent wants a contract value of $30m. Anybody who wants to abuse the game can offer 2 year deal, 1st year for $10mil and 2nd year team option for $20mil and the AI could assume it's a good deal for them since there is no buyout. Then the team signing him can just use him when he needs him, and let him walk with no penalty.

02-18-2013, 10:06 AM	#1
coljesep All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 'Merica Posts: 569	Team Option Buyouts It'd be nice if OOTP 14 and future versions had some sort of required buyout amount for team options. Basically signing a team option with $0 buyout is essentially fooling the game into signing a contract you never need to follow through with. In my league all 28 GM's have to have a 15% or more buyout. It's policed manually which can be a pain - but if the game had this feature handled correctly it'd be way better. To give an extreme example, lets say a free agent wants a contract value of $30m. Anybody who wants to abuse the game can offer 2 year deal, 1st year for $10mil and 2nd year team option for $20mil and the AI could assume it's a good deal for them since there is no buyout. Then the team signing him can just use him when he needs him, and let him walk with no penalty.