OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - IAFA Demands WAY more / unreasonable for my team, then sign for half or more elsewhere

Dubplatepressure · 01-08-2026, 10:09 PM

Just jumped on OOTP26 and started a historical game. My first international amateur free agent signing period, and although the soft cap is 30k I'm getting demands from almost everyone in the 50-70k range. I obviously don't want to go that far above the cap, so I move on. Then, they sign for half (or less) with a competitor team.

I play with soft-cap all the time and have never seen this before. Any reason why this may be the case? Is this a new bug or something?

I've been playing OOTP versions for years so I'm fairly familiar with the IAFA system.... I've just never seen it shake out this way on the IAFA front... usually you can sign at least 1 strong prospect within the allotted amount based on what they'll demand, and I've never seen them 2x - 5x a demand for my team only to sign for half or more elsewhere.

examples:

Torres (24/73) - 14k demand, but in negotiation he's asking 57k
Reynoso (25/63) - 3100 demand, but in negotiation he's asking 29k

those are two but they are basically ALL like that.

01-08-2026, 10:09 PM	#1
Dubplatepressure Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 8	IAFA Demands WAY more / unreasonable for my team, then sign for half or more elsewhere Just jumped on OOTP26 and started a historical game. My first international amateur free agent signing period, and although the soft cap is 30k I'm getting demands from almost everyone in the 50-70k range. I obviously don't want to go that far above the cap, so I move on. Then, they sign for half (or less) with a competitor team. I play with soft-cap all the time and have never seen this before. Any reason why this may be the case? Is this a new bug or something? I've been playing OOTP versions for years so I'm fairly familiar with the IAFA system.... I've just never seen it shake out this way on the IAFA front... usually you can sign at least 1 strong prospect within the allotted amount based on what they'll demand, and I've never seen them 2x - 5x a demand for my team only to sign for half or more elsewhere. examples: Torres (24/73) - 14k demand, but in negotiation he's asking 57k Reynoso (25/63) - 3100 demand, but in negotiation he's asking 29k those are two but they are basically ALL like that.