Reserve Clause

sprague · 06-14-2012, 11:12 PM

Looked up some threads, even read the manual. Still not totally clear on this.

Actually it interests me for a fictional league, less a historical one. As I assume it gives finances to the game without free agency. Sometime a financial game feels to money heavey, but no finances game to simple. I thought this might give something in the middle.

But as a GM. Say i have a roster of 25 players, minor leaguers ect- and the reserve clause on.
Ok the CPU will make the contracts for the players each year. Do I have a certain amount of money to spend? IE a budget? It looks like I do. But that is for signing unsigned players (ie found in the free agent window).
Do I ever have to sign my own players? Will the CPU just offer new contracts every year until I release a player or trade them? I guess I can not trade for a player that goes over my budget.
Then I noticed that some teams have a free agent listed. So who becomes a free agent?

Has there been a thread made with more detailed info on how the reserve clause is used in ootp? Its a somewhat interesting concept- but not sure how exactly it plays out in the OOTP universe. I am trying out a test game now to see what i can figure out from a year or two of playing,

Thanks

olivertheorem · 06-15-2012, 02:15 PM

As far as real-life went, see below from wikipedia.

"The reserve clause is a term formerly employed in North American professional sports contracts. The reserve clause, contained in all standard player contracts, stated that, upon the contract's expiration the rights to the player were to be retained by the team to which he had been signed. Practically, this meant that although both the player's obligation to play for the team as well as the team's obligation to pay the player were terminated, the player was not free to enter into another contract with another team. The player was bound to either (A) negotiate a new contract to play another year for the same team or (B) ask to be released or traded. Once common in sports, the clause was abolished in baseball in 1975, and other sports soon followed. The reserve clause system has, for the most part, been replaced by free agency."

What this should mean in OOTP is that you have a budget, but your players can only negotiate new contracts with you. If they don't sign, they don't play until you release or trade them. I might be a bit off on the OOTP implementation, as I don't use the feature.

sprague · 06-15-2012, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by olivertheorem

As far as real-life went, see below from wikipedia.

"The reserve clause is a term formerly employed in North American professional sports contracts. The reserve clause, contained in all standard player contracts, stated that, upon the contract's expiration the rights to the player were to be retained by the team to which he had been signed. Practically, this meant that although both the player's obligation to play for the team as well as the team's obligation to pay the player were terminated, the player was not free to enter into another contract with another team. The player was bound to either (A) negotiate a new contract to play another year for the same team or (B) ask to be released or traded. Once common in sports, the clause was abolished in baseball in 1975, and other sports soon followed. The reserve clause system has, for the most part, been replaced by free agency."

What this should mean in OOTP is that you have a budget, but your players can only negotiate new contracts with you. If they don't sign, they don't play until you release or trade them. I might be a bit off on the OOTP implementation, as I don't use the feature.

thanks oliver
yes i have a pretty good idea how it worked in real life- in a sense it still exists sort of- a player before he reaches free agency is still sort of under the rules of reserve clause

i was wondering for OOTP
seems like the game will give them contracts automatically, all i have to decide to yes or release. i don't even think there is any negotiation between team and player
i am doing a test game right now to see what happens as the league goes along. I will post more once i have got through 365 days and am back at the start of season 2. see what happened and what questions come

06-14-2012, 11:12 PM	#1
sprague All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,947	Reserve Clause Looked up some threads, even read the manual. Still not totally clear on this. Actually it interests me for a fictional league, less a historical one. As I assume it gives finances to the game without free agency. Sometime a financial game feels to money heavey, but no finances game to simple. I thought this might give something in the middle. But as a GM. Say i have a roster of 25 players, minor leaguers ect- and the reserve clause on. Ok the CPU will make the contracts for the players each year. Do I have a certain amount of money to spend? IE a budget? It looks like I do. But that is for signing unsigned players (ie found in the free agent window). Do I ever have to sign my own players? Will the CPU just offer new contracts every year until I release a player or trade them? I guess I can not trade for a player that goes over my budget. Then I noticed that some teams have a free agent listed. So who becomes a free agent? Has there been a thread made with more detailed info on how the reserve clause is used in ootp? Its a somewhat interesting concept- but not sure how exactly it plays out in the OOTP universe. I am trying out a test game now to see what i can figure out from a year or two of playing, Thanks

06-15-2012, 02:15 PM	#2
olivertheorem All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,919	As far as real-life went, see below from wikipedia. "The reserve clause is a term formerly employed in North American professional sports contracts. The reserve clause, contained in all standard player contracts, stated that, upon the contract's expiration the rights to the player were to be retained by the team to which he had been signed. Practically, this meant that although both the player's obligation to play for the team as well as the team's obligation to pay the player were terminated, the player was not free to enter into another contract with another team. The player was bound to either (A) negotiate a new contract to play another year for the same team or (B) ask to be released or traded. Once common in sports, the clause was abolished in baseball in 1975, and other sports soon followed. The reserve clause system has, for the most part, been replaced by free agency." What this should mean in OOTP is that you have a budget, but your players can only negotiate new contracts with you. If they don't sign, they don't play until you release or trade them. I might be a bit off on the OOTP implementation, as I don't use the feature.