Setting the market?

nyy26wc · 05-21-2013, 10:23 PM

If I was ever, while acting as a free spending Steinbrenneresque owner, to overpay for a few free agents, does that ever set the market for other players and have a ripple effect on the league as a whole?

olivertheorem · 05-21-2013, 10:24 PM

Insofar as you would be grabbing the best available and leaving the rest to fight over the scraps, I suppose you would. Not in the manner of setting a benchmark for future contracts though.

nyy26wc · 05-21-2013, 10:45 PM

Thanks.

And, it was really the latter question that I was interested in.

I know I will be inevitably be affecting the market by bidding on players I don't end up signing, thus raising the price for whoever I lose out to. But, I wanted to make sure that, if I do something dumb like overpay too much, I won't end up having a big effect on everyone else's contracts as a result.

When I do start my league, I intend to have a no price is too high to go to sign Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez when they hit the free agent market. So, I just want to make sure that single minded obsession with them doesn't have any unintended consequences other than their consequences on my own budget.

majesty95 · 05-22-2013, 04:09 PM

It would be kind of cool if the game did take that in account. Say, Barry Bonds signs for $30M a year, well now A-Rod wants that too. I know you don't particularly want that but, for me, it would be weird to be paying a guy $30M when the next highest guy signs for, say, $18M. Just my two cents.

05-21-2013, 10:23 PM	#1
nyy26wc All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 679	Setting the market? If I was ever, while acting as a free spending Steinbrenneresque owner, to overpay for a few free agents, does that ever set the market for other players and have a ripple effect on the league as a whole?

05-21-2013, 10:45 PM	#3
nyy26wc All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 679	Thanks. And, it was really the latter question that I was interested in. I know I will be inevitably be affecting the market by bidding on players I don't end up signing, thus raising the price for whoever I lose out to. But, I wanted to make sure that, if I do something dumb like overpay too much, I won't end up having a big effect on everyone else's contracts as a result. When I do start my league, I intend to have a no price is too high to go to sign Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez when they hit the free agent market. So, I just want to make sure that single minded obsession with them doesn't have any unintended consequences other than their consequences on my own budget. Last edited by nyy26wc; 05-21-2013 at 11:01 PM.

05-22-2013, 04:09 PM	#4
majesty95 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 1,790	It would be kind of cool if the game did take that in account. Say, Barry Bonds signs for $30M a year, well now A-Rod wants that too. I know you don't particularly want that but, for me, it would be weird to be paying a guy $30M when the next highest guy signs for, say, $18M. Just my two cents. __________________ College Football Sim League

05-21-2013, 10:24 PM	#2
olivertheorem All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,919	Insofar as you would be grabbing the best available and leaving the rest to fight over the scraps, I suppose you would. Not in the manner of setting a benchmark for future contracts though.