Fixing The Money Situation

[mattynokes]

So even after a few seasons since we've capped the banks at 50M, we still have problems. There's a few issues to tackle. There's still too much cash in the league, some players have too high of salaries, and Mogul can give outrageous arbitration prices. We also need to keep the integrity of contracts and not give people the ability to sign quality players to cheap, long-term contracts.

Here's my take:

1. Shave salaries down to $25M: Anyone with a salary above $25M will be lowered to $25M and the difference in the remainder of the contract will be taken out of team cash.

2. Put all in-game cash above $75M in "stadium" bank after 2042, but all cash above $50M after 2043 in stadium bank: No one has yet to really take advantage of the stadium earmark. There's still some teams with globs and globs of money in-game. It's time to force their hand since it affects everyone's asking prices.

Of course, anyone whose regular team bank is below $50M would be able to put the money there before having to put the remainder in the "stadium" bank.

3. Cap Arbitration prices: We all know Mogul goes bonkers when a player has a big season who is arbitration eligible. It's not right, since realistically the whole body of work is taken into consideration.

1st Year Eligible: $12.5M Cap
2nd Year Eligible: $15.0M Cap
3rd Year Eligible: $17.5M Cap
4th Year Eligible: $20.0M Cap

Overall, I think these ideas will help reduce the number of outrageous asking prices for anomaly seasons. Taking out the cash will help everyone, so you're asking prices aren't raised because of your neighbor's deep pockets. We've allowed enough time for people to do something about it themselves. And if they have that much money anyways, what the hell are they doing with it? Surely it doesn't hurt to make it only usable on large stadium expenses. Lastly, the arbitration caps are slightly above the realistic max figures and will help keep the Audley or Scarth situations from happening.