Players are taking less money but not wanting to sign longer contracts

malichai11 · 03-18-2019, 07:26 PM

Right before transferring a OOTP 19 save over for a game that is in 2007, I had signed an 80/80, 23 y/o player just entering arbitration, to a 10 year contract, year 1 for 20m, years 2-10 for 15m, the last 2 years team options.

So the season ends and a 65/73 player only wants 2.8m/year for 7 years. He's 23. Yowza, that's cheap! He takes the contract with the final 2 years as team options. BUT, he won't take a contract past 7 years w/o throwing on a lot more money.

Okay, so I go into the editor and cancel out the contract for the 80/80 player to see what's up. He'll now take a 7 year contract with the final 2 years being team options for only 8.6m/year. That's buying out 3 years of arbitration and then 4 years post-arbitration. Compared to his previous contract, I'm losing 3 years of control but saving $90m. NINETY MILLION DOLLARS!

I'm going to need to play with this some more to see what I think. What is the line where they're wanting more money? Hitting 30? Or just the # of years after arb? Something has changed under the hood though. Since I always dump players when they hit 30 it is saving me a metric buttload of money, so yeah, but it is going to make the game easier, which isn't great.

03-18-2019, 07:26 PM	#1
malichai11 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 282	Players are taking less money but not wanting to sign longer contracts Right before transferring a OOTP 19 save over for a game that is in 2007, I had signed an 80/80, 23 y/o player just entering arbitration, to a 10 year contract, year 1 for 20m, years 2-10 for 15m, the last 2 years team options. So the season ends and a 65/73 player only wants 2.8m/year for 7 years. He's 23. Yowza, that's cheap! He takes the contract with the final 2 years as team options. BUT, he won't take a contract past 7 years w/o throwing on a lot more money. Okay, so I go into the editor and cancel out the contract for the 80/80 player to see what's up. He'll now take a 7 year contract with the final 2 years being team options for only 8.6m/year. That's buying out 3 years of arbitration and then 4 years post-arbitration. Compared to his previous contract, I'm losing 3 years of control but saving $90m. NINETY MILLION DOLLARS! I'm going to need to play with this some more to see what I think. What is the line where they're wanting more money? Hitting 30? Or just the # of years after arb? Something has changed under the hood though. Since I always dump players when they hit 30 it is saving me a metric buttload of money, so yeah, but it is going to make the game easier, which isn't great. Last edited by malichai11; 03-18-2019 at 07:30 PM.