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Originally Posted by Anonymous Ghost
I think what you're describing used to be the case many years ago. But for a while now, FA will negotiate with their old team and without any sort of penalty, as far as I can tell.
You'll usually get a much better deal with a player if you sign an extension before he reaches FA, even if it's just a day before FA opens. I think that's because the game uses an algorithm for a player valuing himself in the abstract, but once he's in FA the game takes into account supply and demand. The market dynamics tend to push players' salaries above what the algorithm projects their worth at.
One possible fix would be to have some sort of increase in the player's last year of control above what the algorithm calculates their value at. That is, a player will only sign the extension if he's getting more than what the AI projects as his market value. It could escalate the closer the player gets to FA. IDK.
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This sounds like a good suggestion to me....if in fact this is what's taking place. Only the developers know for sure, and they don't seem very willing to talk about things like this lately.