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There was a change to the Qualifying Offer in the new CBA, but it won't go into effect until the next off-season prior to 2018."There will be subtle changes to free agency, however, in that players will be virtually unrestricted. Teams will no longer forfeit a first-round draft pick when signing free agents. If a team is under the luxury tax, it would lose a third-round draft pick when signing a player who rejects the qualifying offer. If a team is over the tax, it would lose a second- and fifth-round pick and $1 million in international bonus money.The team that loses a free agent with a qualifying offer will receive a pick, according to Fox Sports, only if the player receives a contract worth at least $50 million. The pick the team receives will depend on its market size."With this, there are some factors which are not a part of how we operate in FGM, so we would have to adjust our rules accordingly. We do not have a luxury tax or international bonus money. We also don't expect to have many Type A free agents signed to a contract of $52m or more. With our salary cap structure, there has been a marked reduction in the contract amounts given to players we sign during free agency. We do have some "reckless" bidding sometimes, but the rule of the day seems to lean towards more responsible bidding.So now that an agreement on a new five year CBA has been reached, here's what I am proposing:For 2017:1) Only one draft pick as compensation for a Type A free agent;2) The elimination of Type B free agents;3) Protection of 1st Round Picks for the top ten teams in the draft;4) When a team loses a 1st Round pick, the team gaining the pick does not replace that team in the 1st Round. Instead, the 1st Round is condensed and that pick becomes a part of the Compensation Round between the 1st and 2nd Rounds. If the pick lost is protected (1-10), then the pick lost is the teams 2nd Round pick, or possibly a Compensation Round pick, whatever is higher.We would not have this tied to 2017, but would include it in the future, beginning in ---Type A compensation tied to a player who has been on a team the entire season.For 2018:1: Continue one draft pick compensation for Type A free agents;2: Draft compensation would be a 3rd Round pick--which would be taken in the same spot as the team who signed the free agent would normally have.3: Compensation would be tied to a player who has been on a team the entire season.These changes are significant in that it reduces the large Compensation Round (as we have had over the years) in 2017 and completely eliminates it in 2018. We would the be mirroring, as best we can, the components of MLB's CBA. Additionally, it gives teams a greater opportunity rebuild through the draft and should help the league be more competitive in the future. We all know that drafted rookies do not always perform at expected levels, and that sometimes we have surprises, both good and bad, but I believe this is a move which will benefit the league in the long term.
I would be interested to see if we can implement a certain cap threshold to mirror the MLB's luxury tax threshold and big market teams here spending past that threshold lose a 2nd and 5th pick. Helps us smaller market teams.
I like that idea too. If a cap threshold is tough to do with a hard cap, maybe over certain average annual salary.
With a hard cap, I really don't see the need for a luxury tax rule. I agree we need to support team rebuilding, because having gone through a rebuilding process, and not having the draft picks early enough to really support a rebuild, is a true pain, and detrimental to league stability. I like the idea of the Option 2 Award.