Where's the Money?

[tfctillidie]

Just completed the FA session in my 32 user league and....where's the guaranteed money?

Players don't ask for anywhere near the level of guaranteed compensation they should be demanding. I'm looking at the newly signed deals compared to the existing real life (well close to) ones and they are very far apart.

I had one team sign mid range 3 TE's , to large deals...all with no bonus. Now he can cut the one he wants least and move along. How ridiculous is this? These players would never all sign together on a single team without guaranteed money because it would be bloody obvious at least 1 deal wouldn't be seen through.

It makes no sense and really hampers any challenge of FA. What's the risk in signing a huge deal if you can just cut the guy whenever while taking a very minimal penalty.

Just sign everyone to massive 7 year 100M deals...and then eat your 2M penalty 4-5 years into it to avoid paying that guy 10+ per season as the contract grows.

Absolutely horrible and really ruining the mode for me right now. There's zero fear in making large contract offers with the lack of demand for a signing bonus.


Ugh. Anyone else seeing this as well?

[Rushdown]

It's a tradeoff. If you're not giving bonuses (so you can cut without penalty) then a much larger portion of their salary (100% lol) is counting against your cap room each year.

[tfctillidie]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rushdown

It's a tradeoff. If you're not giving bonuses (so you can cut without penalty) then a much larger portion of their salary (100% lol) is counting against your cap room each year.

You're mistaken, it all counts against the cap hit.

[SloeyEZ]

It's not where the guaranteed money stacks up against real life, it is what percentage of guaranteed money against the total economic market of the game and if you wanted how that % would then equate to the real life guaranteed money contracts against the total economic market of the real NFL.

That's one of the problems that people seem to mistake with Madden often. They assume a direct correlation between the game and the NFL when they should be looking at the percentage of the event within all the events of the game and then comparing that percentage to the percentage in the NFL. That's why it's a simulation (if it's correct, that is)