Lopsided Extensions

BoofBonser26 · 01-03-2008, 01:57 PM

I searched for a previous thread on this but couldn't find anything.

In my online league, one of my players is signed to a $4.5 mil contract. After this, he has one year of arbitration. I checked his contract demands. He wants a three-year extension like so:

Year 1: $7.5 mil
Year 2: $7.5 mil
Year 3: $350k

What in the world is going on? I haven't formally submitted an offer that is more balanced to see his response. If I do this, and offer a contract that's equal in total value, will he accept it? Has anyone experienced this before? Thanks for any help!

Long_Long_Name · 01-03-2008, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BoofBonser26

I searched for a previous thread on this but couldn't find anything.

In my online league, one of my players is signed to a $4.5 mil contract. After this, he has one year of arbitration. I checked his contract demands. He wants a three-year extension like so:

Year 1: $7.5 mil
Year 2: $7.5 mil
Year 3: $350k

What in the world is going on? I haven't formally submitted an offer that is more balanced to see his response. If I do this, and offer a contract that's equal in total value, will he accept it? Has anyone experienced this before? Thanks for any help!

OOTP would allow such an offer to be made, though? Did the max spread rule between the highest and lowest yearly total disappear?

BoofBonser26 · 01-03-2008, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Long_Long_Name

OOTP would allow such an offer to be made, though? Did the max spread rule between the highest and lowest yearly total disappear?

That's the thing: I'm not allowed to actually offer him this contract; I get the "owner won't approve this deal" thing.

tcblcommish · 01-03-2008, 08:23 PM

I have seen this before in my solo league. I just knock off a year in the offer or make the 3rd year the same. I have a feeling the guy was only supposed to ask for 2 years on the contract and the game muffed it up by making it 3. A glitch somewhere to be sure.

BoofBonser26 · 01-03-2008, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by tcblcommish

I have seen this before in my solo league. I just knock off a year in the offer or make the 3rd year the same. I have a feeling the guy was only supposed to ask for 2 years on the contract and the game muffed it up by making it 3. A glitch somewhere to be sure.

So if I were to offer him a 2-year deal at $7.5 mil, you think he'd take it? Since this is an online league I won't be able to know for another sim.

CMH · 01-03-2008, 11:23 PM

Might as well try. He won't get mad if you "undercut" him the first time.

If he declines it and says he wants more years than just offer him a third year at $7.5 million.

Corsairs · 01-04-2008, 11:21 AM

I've had owners report having this problem to me. Here's an example one of them sent of a player who's asking for a 3 yr/$16.87M extension. When the owner hits "Meet Demand" he ends up with this impossibly structured deal:

2 years at $8.18M/per followed by a season at $380k?

The owner has tried offering 3 years at as much as $7M per season, but the player isn't biting. It seems like he's dead set on getting $8M+ in those first two seasons, and he doesn't mind if he's making league minimum in season three. The problem is that OOTP does mind and of course won't allow this bizarre extension to go through!

Now here's something interesting: when I log in to this owner's account (not "Acting As") in my copy of the game and check this player's contract demands, it shows him as demanding a 3 year/$24.54M contract. That comes out to exactly $8.18M a year, and sure enough using "Meet Demand" gives me a properly structured contract.

So it seems like the player really wants a $24.54M extension, but for some reason he's telling this owner that he only wants $16.87M. Talk about self-defeating negotiating tactics!

01-03-2008, 01:57 PM	#1
BoofBonser26 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 358	Lopsided Extensions I searched for a previous thread on this but couldn't find anything. In my online league, one of my players is signed to a $4.5 mil contract. After this, he has one year of arbitration. I checked his contract demands. He wants a three-year extension like so: Year 1: $7.5 mil Year 2: $7.5 mil Year 3: $350k What in the world is going on? I haven't formally submitted an offer that is more balanced to see his response. If I do this, and offer a contract that's equal in total value, will he accept it? Has anyone experienced this before? Thanks for any help!

01-03-2008, 08:23 PM	#4
tcblcommish Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 3,444	I have seen this before in my solo league. I just knock off a year in the offer or make the 3rd year the same. I have a feeling the guy was only supposed to ask for 2 years on the contract and the game muffed it up by making it 3. A glitch somewhere to be sure.

01-03-2008, 11:23 PM	#6
CMH Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5,057	Might as well try. He won't get mad if you "undercut" him the first time. If he declines it and says he wants more years than just offer him a third year at $7.5 million.

01-04-2008, 11:21 AM	#7
Corsairs Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,360	I've had owners report having this problem to me. Here's an example one of them sent of a player who's asking for a 3 yr/$16.87M extension. When the owner hits "Meet Demand" he ends up with this impossibly structured deal: 2 years at $8.18M/per followed by a season at $380k? The owner has tried offering 3 years at as much as $7M per season, but the player isn't biting. It seems like he's dead set on getting $8M+ in those first two seasons, and he doesn't mind if he's making league minimum in season three. The problem is that OOTP does mind and of course won't allow this bizarre extension to go through! Now here's something interesting: when I log in to this owner's account (not "Acting As") in my copy of the game and check this player's contract demands, it shows him as demanding a 3 year/$24.54M contract. That comes out to exactly $8.18M a year, and sure enough using "Meet Demand" gives me a properly structured contract. So it seems like the player really wants a $24.54M extension, but for some reason he's telling this owner that he only wants $16.87M. Talk about self-defeating negotiating tactics!