02-16-2011, 11:53 AM
No one would be making the "free market argument" if they were on the hook for the full 100%. I've said it before - we should make people pay for their decisions more, we've got too many GMs scooting around agent deals, NTCs, free agent contracts and the like.
Releases should be at the full amount of the contract, you shouldn't be allowed to resign a guy you cut, and if you sign a contract with an agent and then back out of it only a year or two later - the agent should be a total dick to that GM for at least a season or two. (Or for negotiations with at least one player)
If you do that it might force people to act more responsibly and reasonably in FA which would bring down agent demands overall - it's a win-win for everyone if we start holding people more accountable - just like it's done in real life.
Releases should be at the full amount of the contract, you shouldn't be allowed to resign a guy you cut, and if you sign a contract with an agent and then back out of it only a year or two later - the agent should be a total dick to that GM for at least a season or two. (Or for negotiations with at least one player)
If you do that it might force people to act more responsibly and reasonably in FA which would bring down agent demands overall - it's a win-win for everyone if we start holding people more accountable - just like it's done in real life.