You do not have enough money available.

Irrelevant Dude · 09-15-2011, 10:57 PM

I am having a hell of a time with contract offers. Can anyone explain this? I have $13,238,550 available for free agents, but my offer of $12,500,000 in the 2012 season is being rejected because it says I don't have enough money available.

Chicagofan76 · 09-15-2011, 11:37 PM

I had this happen recently on 11 for an online league. I had 27 mil avail for FA, but could not offer BJ Upton a 4 yr 17 per deal. Which is odd since my payroll drops by 14 million after my current season.

Irrelevant Dude · 09-16-2011, 01:10 PM

So am I doing something wrong or is this another case of the game not calculating financials correctly?

CUBEicle · 09-16-2011, 01:35 PM

Do other players on your team have escalating contracts? My only guess is that your projected budget somewhere down the line is not large enough to sustain such a contract.

Irrelevant Dude · 09-16-2011, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by CUBEicle

Do other players on your team have escalating contracts? My only guess is that your projected budget somewhere down the line is not large enough to sustain such a contract.

No. That would be a different message (not enough money in the budget in a future year). The problem is with year #1.

Orcin · 09-17-2011, 09:47 AM

I wonder if the negative cash might be blocking the offer. Try using the commish mode to give yourself a small positive cash balance intead of negative.

Chicagofan76 · 09-17-2011, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Orcin

I wonder if the negative cash might be blocking the offer. Try using the commish mode to give yourself a small positive cash balance intead of negative.

I didn't even notice that the 1st time, but I am still on 11.that makes more sense.

Irrelevant Dude · 09-19-2011, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Orcin

I wonder if the negative cash might be blocking the offer. Try using the commish mode to give yourself a small positive cash balance intead of negative.

Good call, thanks. I gave myself $1 and then was allowed to make the offer.

So is it intended that a team with negative cash cannot make an offer to any players even if they are within the budget? Having $1 really doesn't make Prince fielder much more affordable to me than if I had -$1,000,000. Either way I would have been able to afford his salary.

09-15-2011, 10:57 PM	#1
Irrelevant Dude Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bourbonnais, IL Posts: 277	You do not have enough money available. I am having a hell of a time with contract offers. Can anyone explain this? I have $13,238,550 available for free agents, but my offer of $12,500,000 in the 2012 season is being rejected because it says I don't have enough money available.

09-15-2011, 11:37 PM	#2
Chicagofan76 Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Diamond, IL Posts: 6,339 Infractions: 2/2 (3)	I had this happen recently on 11 for an online league. I had 27 mil avail for FA, but could not offer BJ Upton a 4 yr 17 per deal. Which is odd since my payroll drops by 14 million after my current season.

09-16-2011, 01:10 PM	#3
Irrelevant Dude Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bourbonnais, IL Posts: 277	So am I doing something wrong or is this another case of the game not calculating financials correctly?

09-16-2011, 01:35 PM	#4
CUBEicle Minors (Single A) Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 57	Do other players on your team have escalating contracts? My only guess is that your projected budget somewhere down the line is not large enough to sustain such a contract.

09-17-2011, 09:47 AM	#6
Orcin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,881	I wonder if the negative cash might be blocking the offer. Try using the commish mode to give yourself a small positive cash balance intead of negative.