Salary Floor

jaguar8311 · 03-11-2009, 10:12 PM

Will OOTP 10 have a salary floor? The salary floor is the minimum on which a team MUST spend on contracts so you don't have the Florida Marlins only spending 10 mil a season on contracts and tanking.

It's a rule in the NHL and I think it would make for a great feature in OOTP 10 to further increase competition amongst teams.

Thanks for reading

Kelric · 03-11-2009, 11:48 PM

I think the answer is supposed to be yes, but I can't recall for sure.

CardinalsFan · 03-12-2009, 11:12 PM

It shouldn't have it. It should have the option of having it......

kcroyalgm · 03-12-2009, 11:21 PM

You shouldn't need an option.
You could just set the floor to $0.

ike121212 · 03-13-2009, 06:53 PM

I'd really love to set a max contract amount as well. I need a way to stop the AI from killing itself with massive contracts before the league adjusts to soft or hard caps. We've all seen it.....year 2 and 95% of the teams are in red.

dave1927p · 03-18-2009, 07:52 PM

lol i asked this as well; i never got an answer but i hope that they added it.

Nutlaw · 03-19-2009, 04:43 PM

What if a team hasn't reached its salary floor and there are no more decent FAs to sign? It has to give some crummy minor leaguer a $10M contract just to reach the floor? I dunno what that would help.

Cryomaniac · 03-19-2009, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Nutlaw

What if a team hasn't reached its salary floor and there are no more decent FAs to sign? It has to give some crummy minor leaguer a $10M contract just to reach the floor? I dunno what that would help.

I presume in real life the team would have to pay the difference into the revenue sharing pool.

kcroyalgm · 03-19-2009, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Nutlaw

What if a team hasn't reached its salary floor and there are no more decent FAs to sign? It has to give some crummy minor leaguer a $10M contract just to reach the floor? I dunno what that would help.

Probably nothing.
But rarely are there not enough legit FA's to get over a set amount by Opening Day.
The idea behind a salary floor (which one league I am in does use) is to prevent extreme tanking. A better way is is to base the first seven or so draft picks on a lottery basis between the worst teams. One league I am does that.

CardinalsFan · 03-19-2009, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by kcroyalgm

You shouldn't need an option.
You could just set the floor to $0.

Thats an OPTION then. Semantics.

MLB doesn't have a floor and I could care less if it's in the game or not. Diff'rent strokes for different folks.

kcroyalgm · 03-19-2009, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by CardinalsFan

Thats an OPTION then. Semantics.

All I was saying is that you don't need an option on having a floor or not. Sorry to be semantic.

bababui · 03-19-2009, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Nutlaw

What if a team hasn't reached its salary floor and there are no more decent FAs to sign? It has to give some crummy minor leaguer a $10M contract just to reach the floor? I dunno what that would help.

Noooo...just deduct the difference from the teams bottom line at the end of the season.

bababui · 03-19-2009, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by kcroyalgm

All I was saying is that you don't need an option on having a floor or not. Sorry to be semantic.

Im proudly anti-semantic.

CardinalsFan · 03-19-2009, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

Im proudly anti-semantic.

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Le Grande Orange · 03-19-2009, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by CardinalsFan

MLB doesn't have a floor and I could care less if it's in the game or not. Diff'rent strokes for different folks.

Incorporating the salary cap systems used by other leagues would be an interesting and useful addition. But it would rely on a revampled financial system for it to work at its best, so it's something a few versions away I would think.

Incorporating the different free agency system used in other leagues (e.g. restricted and unrestricted free agents) would make for some interesting options for an OOTP league as well. But, it too, would be a several versions in the future.

CardinalsFan · 03-20-2009, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

Incorporating the salary cap systems used by other leagues would be an interesting and useful addition. But it would rely on a revampled financial system for it to work at its best, so it's something a few versions away I would think.

Incorporating the different free agency system used in other leagues (e.g. restricted and unrestricted free agents) would make for some interesting options for an OOTP league as well. But, it too, would be a several versions in the future.

Absolutely. Incorporating an NBA or NFL type free agency system wouldn't be too bad. The Bird Rule in MLB.

dave1927p · 03-29-2009, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by kcroyalgm

Probably nothing.
A better way is is to base the first seven or so draft picks on a lottery basis between the worst teams. One league I am does that.

How do you do that? I didn't think that this game allowed you to do have a lottery...

kcroyalgm · 03-29-2009, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by dave1927p

How do you do that? I didn't think that this game allowed you to do have a lottery...

The game doesn't. Do it outside the game and realign the draft picks in-game.

Here's how the CDL does it:

"The first seven draft slots (draft lottery slots) in the Amateur Draft shall be determined by a weighted lottery starting with the 1995 Amateur Draft. The team that finishes closest to .375 (61-101) for the season will get seven chances out of twenty-eight in the lottery, while the next closest team gets six chances out of twenty eight (and so on). After the first 3 draft slots the next 17 selections will be based on the worst-to-best records of teams that did not make the playoffs. The final 8 draft spots are determined by a combination of playoff results and regular season record. The random numbers generated for the draft lottery as well as any ties related to the draft order will be resolved using the Research Randomizer Form v4.0. The draft order will be calculated and posted in the CDL forum as soon as possible after the World Series."

dave1927p · 03-29-2009, 04:24 AM

oh, thanks for sharing that.

If only they added that feature in the game, may make things more convenient and simpler.

03-11-2009, 10:12 PM	#1
jaguar8311 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 213	Salary Floor Will OOTP 10 have a salary floor? The salary floor is the minimum on which a team MUST spend on contracts so you don't have the Florida Marlins only spending 10 mil a season on contracts and tanking. It's a rule in the NHL and I think it would make for a great feature in OOTP 10 to further increase competition amongst teams. Thanks for reading

03-18-2009, 07:52 PM	#6
dave1927p FHM Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Brantford, ON Posts: 2,909	lol i asked this as well; i never got an answer but i hope that they added it. __________________ IN 1964 THE LEAFS WON THE STANLEY CUP :: IT'S ALSO THE YEAR THE CANADIAN FLAG WAS DESIGNED...coincidence?

03-29-2009, 04:24 AM	#19
dave1927p FHM Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Brantford, ON Posts: 2,909	oh, thanks for sharing that. If only they added that feature in the game, may make things more convenient and simpler. __________________ IN 1964 THE LEAFS WON THE STANLEY CUP :: IT'S ALSO THE YEAR THE CANADIAN FLAG WAS DESIGNED...coincidence?

03-11-2009, 11:48 PM	#2
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	I think the answer is supposed to be yes, but I can't recall for sure.

03-12-2009, 11:12 PM	#3
CardinalsFan Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 208	It shouldn't have it. It should have the option of having it......

03-12-2009, 11:21 PM	#4
kcroyalgm All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 645	You shouldn't need an option. You could just set the floor to $0.

03-13-2009, 06:53 PM	#5
ike121212 All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 938	I'd really love to set a max contract amount as well. I need a way to stop the AI from killing itself with massive contracts before the league adjusts to soft or hard caps. We've all seen it.....year 2 and 95% of the teams are in red.

03-19-2009, 04:43 PM	#7
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	What if a team hasn't reached its salary floor and there are no more decent FAs to sign? It has to give some crummy minor leaguer a $10M contract just to reach the floor? I dunno what that would help.