Post by Milwaukee GM (Souriyo) on Jul 15, 2016 0:54:38 GMT
Hello friends.
I've been scouting around for the best way to conduct free-agency in each of our sports so it is painless for everyone and less chaotic. I want to run it similar to a draft in the following sense. If the season ended today, this would be the final standings in MLB:
1. Milwaukee
2. Toronto
3. Los Angeles
4. Philadelphia
5. Detroit
6. Phoenix
7. Boston
8. Dallas
9. Buffalo
10.Chicago
So our amateur draft in the offseason will be in reverse fixed order, so Brian would pick first in each round of that draft (5 rounds for MiLB). To make free-agency streamlined similarly, I'm proposing that we go in a similar order for nominating players. So the last place finish, in this case Brian, would have first choice to nominate a player and place a bid. Then we would go in reverse order like the draft bidding until, obviously people back out and we have a winner.
Bid structure is very simple, bids will have numeric bid values to make it easier for everyone to process. It will simply be the contract length in years multiplied by the YEARLY salary. As noted here in the free agency rules (http://foursportdynasty.freeforums.net/thread/24/off-season-free-agency-rules), any contract offered longer than three years has the following minimum qualifications:
Minimum 4 year contract: 4 years, $3,000,000 Bid value = 4 x 3 = 12
Minimum 5 year contract: 5 years $4,000,000 Bid value = 5 x 4 = 20
So for example:
Chicago nominates Carlos Gonzalez and bids 1 year, $0.5 million. Bid value = 1 x 0.5 = 0.5
To beat this bid, Buffalo would have to beat a bid value of 0.5 (which is any higher bid)
Buffalo bids 2 years, $0.5 million. Bid value 2 x 0.5 = 1
Any bid higher than that will be allowed as the next bid, and Dallas would be up next, and so on...
If an owner does NOT want to bid on a player, they are free to pass their turn instead of bidding, but they will NOT be allowed to re-enter the auction for that specific player.
After that player auction is over, second in the order (in this case Buffalo) would nominate the next player (of their choice) and place the initial bid, and then we would proceed with Dallas and so on...
So a 2 year, $4.5 million dollar deal (Bid value 9) is worth more than a 1 year, $8 million dollar deal (Bid value 8), as the total overall salary is greater.
SIDENOTE: After free agency is complete, every owner must have at least the minimum number of players under contract between active roster and DL.
MLB: 26 players
NFL: 35 players
NHL: 22 players
NBA: 13 players
Thoughts, questions, comments?
Chicago GM (bhappy1), @robem15, Toronto GM (Kyle), @vikes16, @hintonburgers, Dallas GM (naked), Detroit GM (Josh), Chicago GM (Blake), @phoenix
I've been scouting around for the best way to conduct free-agency in each of our sports so it is painless for everyone and less chaotic. I want to run it similar to a draft in the following sense. If the season ended today, this would be the final standings in MLB:
1. Milwaukee
2. Toronto
3. Los Angeles
4. Philadelphia
5. Detroit
6. Phoenix
7. Boston
8. Dallas
9. Buffalo
10.Chicago
So our amateur draft in the offseason will be in reverse fixed order, so Brian would pick first in each round of that draft (5 rounds for MiLB). To make free-agency streamlined similarly, I'm proposing that we go in a similar order for nominating players. So the last place finish, in this case Brian, would have first choice to nominate a player and place a bid. Then we would go in reverse order like the draft bidding until, obviously people back out and we have a winner.
Bid structure is very simple, bids will have numeric bid values to make it easier for everyone to process. It will simply be the contract length in years multiplied by the YEARLY salary. As noted here in the free agency rules (http://foursportdynasty.freeforums.net/thread/24/off-season-free-agency-rules), any contract offered longer than three years has the following minimum qualifications:
Minimum 4 year contract: 4 years, $3,000,000 Bid value = 4 x 3 = 12
Minimum 5 year contract: 5 years $4,000,000 Bid value = 5 x 4 = 20
So for example:
Chicago nominates Carlos Gonzalez and bids 1 year, $0.5 million. Bid value = 1 x 0.5 = 0.5
To beat this bid, Buffalo would have to beat a bid value of 0.5 (which is any higher bid)
Buffalo bids 2 years, $0.5 million. Bid value 2 x 0.5 = 1
Any bid higher than that will be allowed as the next bid, and Dallas would be up next, and so on...
If an owner does NOT want to bid on a player, they are free to pass their turn instead of bidding, but they will NOT be allowed to re-enter the auction for that specific player.
After that player auction is over, second in the order (in this case Buffalo) would nominate the next player (of their choice) and place the initial bid, and then we would proceed with Dallas and so on...
So a 2 year, $4.5 million dollar deal (Bid value 9) is worth more than a 1 year, $8 million dollar deal (Bid value 8), as the total overall salary is greater.
SIDENOTE: After free agency is complete, every owner must have at least the minimum number of players under contract between active roster and DL.
MLB: 26 players
NFL: 35 players
NHL: 22 players
NBA: 13 players
Thoughts, questions, comments?
Chicago GM (bhappy1), @robem15, Toronto GM (Kyle), @vikes16, @hintonburgers, Dallas GM (naked), Detroit GM (Josh), Chicago GM (Blake), @phoenix