Post by Dodgers GM (Shaun) on Mar 18, 2016 19:43:46 GMT
So I'm doing some trading now that I'm getting in the groove of taking this team over and one consistent barrier seems to be money being covered in deals. I understand the restrictions are in place so as to not make things super complicated but I'd like to propose a change.
Right now I believe it is a consistent fixed amount over the life of the contract. I think that's a good start, however that money is applied as an average annual amount. What I dislike there is the fact that money in 2019 isn't as urgent as money in 2016.
For instance let's say a team is looking to make a push in 2016. They have only $1M in cap but have $20M coming off the books after the season. Let's say they want to acquire a player who costs $15M until 2020. If I'm interpreting the rules correctly, if the team trading the player away wants to cover salary, they would have to cover $14M every year until 2020. This has a twofold effect as it hurts the trading teams future payroll and it also ups the cost to buy the player from the team looking to make a push (they would have to give up more players/value).
What if the salary cap changes too down the line? $14M with a $150M cap is worth less than $14M of a $125M cap.
I propose that the money amount remain consistent each year (original rule) but you can add an end date to when you are paying.
I know this complicates things, but with many teams near their budget, they need money in every deal. In real life teams can just go over for a season then trim next year. You can't really do that in this league.
This proposal gives teams flexibility in trades on both ends and allows teams to work with their future payrolls better. For instance my team has a lot of payroll availability now, but if I have to include $10M in each trade just to trade the player it's going to be prohibitive for me to trade. I know what my 2016 payroll will be, but for the most part the 2019 payroll is up in the air.
Right now I believe it is a consistent fixed amount over the life of the contract. I think that's a good start, however that money is applied as an average annual amount. What I dislike there is the fact that money in 2019 isn't as urgent as money in 2016.
For instance let's say a team is looking to make a push in 2016. They have only $1M in cap but have $20M coming off the books after the season. Let's say they want to acquire a player who costs $15M until 2020. If I'm interpreting the rules correctly, if the team trading the player away wants to cover salary, they would have to cover $14M every year until 2020. This has a twofold effect as it hurts the trading teams future payroll and it also ups the cost to buy the player from the team looking to make a push (they would have to give up more players/value).
What if the salary cap changes too down the line? $14M with a $150M cap is worth less than $14M of a $125M cap.
I propose that the money amount remain consistent each year (original rule) but you can add an end date to when you are paying.
I know this complicates things, but with many teams near their budget, they need money in every deal. In real life teams can just go over for a season then trim next year. You can't really do that in this league.
This proposal gives teams flexibility in trades on both ends and allows teams to work with their future payrolls better. For instance my team has a lot of payroll availability now, but if I have to include $10M in each trade just to trade the player it's going to be prohibitive for me to trade. I know what my 2016 payroll will be, but for the most part the 2019 payroll is up in the air.
