11-12-2012, 12:34 PM
Since I was still asked in the chat to clarify, here is what we currently have and my proposal in comparision.
Current
1. Compensation eligible players determined by JHC's formula
2. Fallback determined by clicking calculate salaries, different for every player (Seem to range from $3M to $20M)
3. Bids on players offered fallback must be within certain percents of the fallback
Proposal
1. Anyone can be compensation eligible
2. Fallback will be a constant salary, same for every player (TBD, but likely in the $10-12M range)
3. Bids on players offered fallback must be within certain percents of the fallback
Again, I think this accomplishes the goal. It promotes more players (and more quality players) into FA. While I think JHC's formula was great and did it's job, it still slights players who had an injury season in the past 2 years. And maybe there's good reason for that, but that's the beauty of a constant fallback salary. Will the rest of the GMs see the injury as an anomaly, something to overlook, or will they see it as the reason to steer clear of the player - sticking the offering team with the salary. I just have to think they we've had teams re-sign high 80s to low 90s players they would have released in FA because they couldn't receive compensation.
Current
1. Compensation eligible players determined by JHC's formula
2. Fallback determined by clicking calculate salaries, different for every player (Seem to range from $3M to $20M)
3. Bids on players offered fallback must be within certain percents of the fallback
Proposal
1. Anyone can be compensation eligible
2. Fallback will be a constant salary, same for every player (TBD, but likely in the $10-12M range)
3. Bids on players offered fallback must be within certain percents of the fallback
Again, I think this accomplishes the goal. It promotes more players (and more quality players) into FA. While I think JHC's formula was great and did it's job, it still slights players who had an injury season in the past 2 years. And maybe there's good reason for that, but that's the beauty of a constant fallback salary. Will the rest of the GMs see the injury as an anomaly, something to overlook, or will they see it as the reason to steer clear of the player - sticking the offering team with the salary. I just have to think they we've had teams re-sign high 80s to low 90s players they would have released in FA because they couldn't receive compensation.
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