Free Agent spending

[Nemesis]

Hey - I never said bomber wasn't a great owner! He is right up there with the Astons of the world. I just can't seem to trade with him. Although, as bomber said, it is probably something I am doing wrong.

I would much rather be in a league with bomber than 99% of the other FOF owners out there. The best part is randomly poking him and watching what happens. Plus I have it on authority that he is a king pin in the porn business.

I'm waiting for the incoming "And Nemesis is a stupid stingy prick." post.

[Guest]

I'm waiting for the incoming "And Nemesis is a stupid stingy prick." post.

Now that you said it I can save my negativity for someone else.

[Nemesis]

Now that you said it I can save my negativity for someone else.

YES!!! I feel so helpful.

[irabowman]

I'm waiting for the incoming "And Nemesis is a stupid stingy prick." post.

rofl, opens thy mouth and inserts the cleats and football

[Delandis]

Why did you guys get rid of the minimum years contract rule again?

I'm too lazy to find the thread.

[Guest]

Because the game polices itself fairly well.

I've been giving Aston a hard time because last year he sucked up a handful of players on one year deals. All those deals made sense* as they were older players who didn't necessarily justify 3 year deals. All those players are now back on the market.

What we're seeing now is a handful of younger players getting snatched up on one year deals presumably for tagging the next season with a long term deal then.

Implementing a no sign and tag rule, which Aston pretty much confirmed will be going into place, will limit these signings. Instead of sniping to such a great extent, multi year deals will be required for teams who want to hold onto the player after the one season. Granted it moves it to a 2 year deal, which isn't a huge step up from one year, but $30 mil+ a year for more than a season is tough to justify for anyone other than QBs.

But we got rid of the 3 year aspect because it left a bunch of older players for FA2, which made FA1 less interesting. That and the game does a decent job making it tougher to have a ton of extra cap space.

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*They make financial sense, I don't think it translates into a good or great team building strategy. You lose out on cohesion while constantly plugging in players on 1 year deals. One or two players here or there makes a ton of sense, but fielding half a unit of 1 year players makes little sense to me. The better option would be to suck for a year and get a better draft slot. But that's just my opinion.