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Originally Posted by Tyke
Would it mean that a relegated team would need to dump salary, forcing them to release more expensive players? If so, that would be realistic. And didn't I read somewhere that there might be a contract clause that would give players the option to file as free agents if the team was relegated?
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In theory they would have to release players if a team gets relagated. But, in most open league systems (where P/R is a thing) there isn't a salary cap. Usually the decrease in revenue and ticket sales equates to teams having to release players in order to maintain profit.
In baseball, and in the code of game (I think), contracts are guaranteed so releasing players would give teams a huge loss in a very short amount of time. Plus the added bonus of not generating the same revenue as the year prior seems to be a double whammy in my opinion.