Contract Extension Revisited!

[Rebels GM]

Guys,

Looking at this RFA Class only reinforces my argument that we REALLY need to take a long hard look at the current rule that allows GMs to add a contract year to players TWICE per calender season.

Under this system we will NEVER have a decent RFA crop. I really think we need to revisit and rethink this rule. Having the ability to add a year to a player during the season and then right before RFA really limits the talent that hits RFA.

In TBL we only allow ONE contract extension per year and we only get a few "premium" RFAs per year. As I have stated in the past RFA is one of the most exciting aspects to a dynasty league and I really believe we are missing out.

Before any GM (GURU) tries to make an argument that I only want to see a tremendous talent of players hit RFA because of my stash of blbs, I want to point out that I am one CHEAP bastard when it comes to spending blbs. If you don't believe me check my track record in TBL. I have the most blbs in that league too. I rarely splurge for a player and simply I refuse to pay 1 blb over what I feel that a player is worth.

With that being said, I strongly believe that this would be in the BEST interest of the longterm viability of the league.

thoughts?

[Football Buddah]

Allowing GM's to extend the contract of an "established" player DURING the regular season last year shouldn't have happened the way it did. It was only supposed to be for players acquired via Free-Agency or Waiver-Wire. I screwed that up, and allowed it for ANY player by mistake.

Note: of the 12 players that were extended during the regular season last year, only 5 of them were acquired via Free-Agency or Waiver-Wire. The other 7 were "established" players. (E.Barton, H.Ward, S.Rogers, R.White, W.Parker, M.Turner, E.Royal) - these last 3 already had multi-year contracts, so they wouldn't have hit RFA anyways.

Therefore, during the 2009 regular season, GM's will ONLY be able to extend the contract of ONE player that they acquired via Free-Agency or Waiver Wire. That extension will be for 1 year, at a cost of 20 blb's. Again, this is restricted to players acquired via Free-Agency or Waiver-Wire. I believe that this process gives the GM's the ability to extend that "diamond in the rough" that they found in Free-Agency, or on the Waiver Wire, for another year.

Then, during the OFF-SEASON, GM's will still be able to extend the contract of any ONE player, at a cost of 20 blb's times the number of years on that GM's roster.

However, the time will come where GM's will not be able to afford to extend their "premium" players, becuase, as the years start to build up, the cost to extend that player will also go up. We're heading into our 3rd season, so to extend a player you originally drafted (in 2007), will cost you 60 blb's (for only a 1 year extension!).

[Rebels GM]

We should not be allowed to do it to a free agent or waiver wire either. Those players should hit RFA or force teams to use a tag to try and keep them.

Just my take for what it is worth.

[Football Buddah]

That's a good thought, although I don't think that the RFA talent-pool would have improved by much with the Free-Agent/Waiver Wire guys that were extended.

Something to consider for next year.

[Rebels GM]

It will over the long haul