05-08-2014, 01:06 PM
Rocky's: Type A fallback is a two year deal ($16M/2).
Expanding on that is looking at the primary source for the reason for rocky's suggestion. Money. Teams still have the money to spend. First off, I think lowering revenue will help, since the ultimate goal is lowering the net profit for teams to spend on FAs. Also, I think we've stabilized those crazy demands we were seeing a few seasons back, so player demands can probably go back up to 20% like it was in the past. Additionally, here's a few other things:
Player Happiness - First off, the crazy design that randomly assigning friends and being happy if they're in the organization doesn't make much sense. We're here for baseball, not Dawson's Creek or Beverly Hills 90210. Secondly, how does it make sense for your MLB player to be happy if his buddy is in Single-A?
on Negotiating: Mogul is too easy to get a good deal when a player is happy. There definitely shouldn't be the team loyalty that exists in Mogul and as someone else put, "we treat players like slaves." I wouldn't mind dropping this to -100%, but in the least something close to -100% will make it so you can't get a super sweet deal just cause the dude is happy.
on Performance: This one has always made me laugh. So if a player is happy he has a tendency to perform better and if he's unhappy he'll perform worse? Beyond the fact that emotions don't produce results, it's silly to suggest if a player is unhappy that he's going to essentially get pissy and tank. This could use to be set at -100%.
Contract Negotiating Process: In addition to all of this, you can toy with the re-signing process by a slew of offers and continuing to counter until you get the salary and years you want. In an old league I ran, I made it a 3 offer process. If the player doesn't agree by your third offer, he doesn't sign.
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So to recap...
1. Type A Fallback: $16M/2
2. League Revenue: -10%
3. Salary Demands: +20%
4. Player Happiness: Negotiating (-80 to -100%) and Performance (-100%)
5. Contract Negotiations: Player must sign by third offer
Expanding on that is looking at the primary source for the reason for rocky's suggestion. Money. Teams still have the money to spend. First off, I think lowering revenue will help, since the ultimate goal is lowering the net profit for teams to spend on FAs. Also, I think we've stabilized those crazy demands we were seeing a few seasons back, so player demands can probably go back up to 20% like it was in the past. Additionally, here's a few other things:
Player Happiness - First off, the crazy design that randomly assigning friends and being happy if they're in the organization doesn't make much sense. We're here for baseball, not Dawson's Creek or Beverly Hills 90210. Secondly, how does it make sense for your MLB player to be happy if his buddy is in Single-A?
on Negotiating: Mogul is too easy to get a good deal when a player is happy. There definitely shouldn't be the team loyalty that exists in Mogul and as someone else put, "we treat players like slaves." I wouldn't mind dropping this to -100%, but in the least something close to -100% will make it so you can't get a super sweet deal just cause the dude is happy.
on Performance: This one has always made me laugh. So if a player is happy he has a tendency to perform better and if he's unhappy he'll perform worse? Beyond the fact that emotions don't produce results, it's silly to suggest if a player is unhappy that he's going to essentially get pissy and tank. This could use to be set at -100%.
Contract Negotiating Process: In addition to all of this, you can toy with the re-signing process by a slew of offers and continuing to counter until you get the salary and years you want. In an old league I ran, I made it a 3 offer process. If the player doesn't agree by your third offer, he doesn't sign.
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So to recap...
1. Type A Fallback: $16M/2
2. League Revenue: -10%
3. Salary Demands: +20%
4. Player Happiness: Negotiating (-80 to -100%) and Performance (-100%)
5. Contract Negotiations: Player must sign by third offer
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