Player wont accept more offers and wants to test free agency. But would he accept qualifying offer?

[itsshortforleo]

It's the beginning of the offseason and I declined an old declining veteran's team option. He won't listen to any extension offers.

In the salary arbitration screen, he is listed as a free agency eligible player, and there's a checkbox which allows me to 'Submit $15,000,000 Qualifying Offer'.

I understand that if he accepts the offer, I get stuck with him for one more year. If he declines, I will be compensated with a draft pick.

The question is, given that I never played him, and that he's very angry with the team and wanted to be traded, and that I declined his option year, and the fact that he will not listen to any extension offers, would he be more willing to either accept or decline the $15M qualifying offer??

Under normal circumstances, given that he played so bad, he would definitely take the $15M, but I am just wondering if the fact that he hates the team and wont listen to any more offers would have a deciding factor in him accepting or declining the QO.

[Marsupilami]

come on, dont try to exploit it by getting cheap picks.

i only give a QO to a player i would want to keep on my team for 15M a year

[bwburke94]

Don't risk it. I never offer QOs to players I don't want to keep, even if I think they'd decline.

[DustinthePOWERHOUSE]

If you can afford 15m for a bench guy and the risk he accepts then why not?

Seems silly though to carry a bench player who's worth that much on your roster especially if he affects chemistry.

[NoOne]

if it is more than he expects to get on the FA market, he will take it.

how much does morale and other factors influence the decisions? no idea, but it's at least possible.

maybe that decisions requires an extra 500k/yr above a value unknown and unseen by us for him to accept it and not go to FA.

i wouldn't expect it to outweigh a significant loss of income though - just as it would not in real life.

approach it as normal. if he has value, go for the compensation pick. if not, let him go freely.

[itsshortforleo]

Thanks for the advice. I'll let him go without the 15M q. offer.

[SirMichaelJordan]

You should have offered him just to see what would happen. I never would have thought of testing something like that but that player should accept the QO 9 out 10 times considering he's a bench player and wont get that on the market and its only for 1 year. If he declines because he hates the team then I would think thats a potential exploit and should be looked at.

But then again his QO value maybe tied to his OVR which might be valued by his ratings which may suggest he's more than a bench player.