01-06-2014, 04:10 PM
(01-06-2014, 03:10 PM)warpriest Wrote: Can support any previously stated suggestion EXCEPT tacking on an NTC to all offers of 5 years and over. Forcing NTC's isn't realistic, really wouldn't serve as our version of a 10 an 5 rule (which isn't performance-based, but service time based, IRL) and no GM in real life would offer a NTC without also seeking to suppress the overall monetary value of a contract.
The GM can seek all he wants, but if the player is good enough, he'll get his demands since the player will get it elsewhere if the GM balks. Maybe saying this instead of a 10 and 5 rule would've been better.
Guys like Cano and Ellsbury have full no-trade protection. Was SEA or NYY going to ask for a reduction in salary? Either would laugh at the GM if he tried this angle. If a player is worth five years in FCM, then they'd probably be demanding some sort of no-trade clause in real life.
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