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Originally Posted by Eric A
I have been surprised by how many veteran players take the qualifying offer.
Is the game less likely to send players to free agency than real life in your experience?
Is there something I should be looking at on the scouting report for insight on the likelyhood of a player taking the offer?
Is there somewhere that shows if a player is Type-A or Type-B before I decide to offer on the arbitration screen?
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Never had that happen yet.
The question is are you giving QO's (arbitration in OOTP parlance) to players that shouldn't be getting them due to age and skills decline? Not every FA should be given a QO.
What is the dollar value of the QO's that are being accepted? It's supposed to be the average of the top 125 salaries. So in a modern day league it should be $13-$15 million.
If you have a declining veteran who may be seeking $8-$12 million a $13M QO is an automatic yes.
BTW the new FA system is not working right in OOTP. I believe the game incorrectly assumes that pending FA coming out of team friendly contracts are not qualified due to the lower salary, even if the player demand is high. The current real life system does not "qualify" FA anymore. Each team is free to make a QO or not.