Warrior General Games

As parity in the leagues and fairness seems to be a hot topic, and an on-going issue one continual issue that arises each season is the number of high-level free agents that come on the market between the trade deadline and the playoffs and are signed by teams in the playoff hunt completely changing the balance of power in a league.

I don't have a problem with a free agent who is released by his team signing with another team...this is realistic and happens in real professional sports (see the punter last night who punted for his 3rd team this season). However in real life you don't see a player of the caliber of Adrian Peterson end up as a free-agent in the middle of a season. Why? Because all contracts run through the end of a season and no team is going to release a player of that caliber.

As such, I propose that all contracts in GLB should run to End on day 40 terms. This would eliminate the late season free agent jackpots that currently turn leagues upside down.

The only drawback is for those players who want to go and dominate as the big fish in a little pond, and frankly I don't see how this practice is good for the game anyhow.

EDIT 12/14---It has been suggested along with this that the display in the dropdown should be changed to read the expiration date (season 7, day 40...season 8, day 40...etc) instead of the current number of seasons.

Bort's comments on page 6 of this thread
http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=1553260&page=6

Originally posted by Bort
So the idea is basically to remove the mid-season contract option, and only allow day 40 contracts? It would clean things up for sure, after players got resigned with the new default. You're removing an option that is potentially used by a lot of people, this way.

Along with this, shouldn't there be a cutoff (midseason point?) where the contract ends on day 40 of the NEXT season, instead of the current? Signing a day 40 contract on day 38 always seemed kinda stupid to me.

Originally posted by rbedgood

The only drawback is for those players who want to go and dominate as the big fish in a little pond, and frankly I don't see how this practice is good for the game anyhow.

Agreed.

+1 to this

Okay, I expected to get some agreement, and a lot of flames (from those agents who have players that are ringers)...but no response at all. That is usually reserved for non-confrontational, non-divisive threads that have complete support. This one has to have some detractors?! If not, then it really needs to be implemented.

I'd like to see this implemented.

Originally posted by High_Roller74
I'd like to see this implemented.

whered you get the santa clause hat on there

GLB Forum, Stickied.

The reason it gets buried is because it's a good suggestion. The ones that get flamed get put up to the top, and then you get the idiots who spam the suggestions forum further burying good suggestions.

Enough of my rant, I also support this.

I love this idea. Good suggestion.

Only played 2 seasons & seen it both seasons.
+1

Originally posted by Boltzpride21
Originally posted by High_Roller74

I'd like to see this implemented.

whered you get the santa clause hat on there

i have a santa hat

i support. this would probably make trading players more important closer to the trade deadline. what would happen to players on teams that become CPU? can they still sign with human teams?

Originally posted by kevbk6222
Originally posted by Boltzpride21

Originally posted by High_Roller74


I'd like to see this implemented.

whered you get the santa clause hat on there

i have a santa hat

i support. this would probably make trading players more important closer to the trade deadline. what would happen to players on teams that become CPU? can they still sign with human teams?

I'd say yes they could, but the deals would just be till the end of the season.

Originally posted by kevbk6222
Originally posted by Boltzpride21

Originally posted by High_Roller74


I'd like to see this implemented.

whered you get the santa clause hat on there

i have a santa hat

i support. this would probably make trading players more important closer to the trade deadline. what would happen to players on teams that become CPU? can they still sign with human teams?

Very good question. It wouldn't be fair to have these player stuck in limbo.

Originally posted by tordman
Originally posted by kevbk6222

Originally posted by Boltzpride21


Originally posted by High_Roller74



I'd like to see this implemented.

whered you get the santa clause hat on there

i have a santa hat

i support. this would probably make trading players more important closer to the trade deadline. what would happen to players on teams that become CPU? can they still sign with human teams?

Very good question. It wouldn't be fair to have these player stuck in limbo.

you need a santa hat

i like this because of the pure fact that it's a pain in the ass to switch from a full season to a contract that ends on day 40 every time you send a contract.

Originally posted by High_Roller74
Originally posted by kevbk6222

Originally posted by Boltzpride21


Originally posted by High_Roller74



I'd like to see this implemented.

whered you get the santa clause hat on there

i have a santa hat

i support. this would probably make trading players more important closer to the trade deadline. what would happen to players on teams that become CPU? can they still sign with human teams?

I'd say yes they could, but the deals would just be till the end of the season.


That's a tough one. Ideally I'd say after the trade deadline passes, that rosters should be frozen. However leaving those players in limbo seems a bit harsh. Maybe something that would force them to sign onto teams of equal level (i.e. if they were in AAA level they can't sign below that from a CPU team?!)