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Tonnage, I've been playing in a fictional online league for years, and the problem you described has been plaguing us FOREVER. The negotiating process is messed up. Just the other day I had a similar situation. A player who was up for a contract extension asked me for 3 years at $7 million per year, with a player option after the second year. I hate player options, so I countered by saying fine, you can have the money, but no player option. There were three logical responses he could have made: (1) OK, I'll take it. (2) No dice, I've got to have my player option. (3) If I give up my player option I want an extra million bucks. Did he respond with any of these logical options? No, he countered by saying that he wanted a 3-year deal with a player option, and now he wanted $7.3 million a year. Sheesh. That is NOT how contract negotiations should work.
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