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So I just wanted to clarify the contract rules for myself. We have the ranges that listed in the contracts section.Contract LimitsExcept for any contract inherited in 2010, all contracts must be no longer than five years. Also, for a given salary, all contacts (extension, FA) have term limits (max years contract can be per the salary) as provided below.Maximum Years<= $1.4m, 2 years$1.5m - $5.4m, 3 years$5.5m - $7.9m, 4 years>=$8m, 5 years (the overall limit)It says maximum years and then lists the values, so for example with Marek Svatos, total value was 1.8M... so why couldn't I decide to take the 1.8M cap hit for the rest of this year instead of having to sign him for two years. So for example if I sign Peter Schaefer to a 40Million dollar contract, do I have to sign him to a 5 year deal or can I choose to take the 4 yr 10M hit or 3yrs etc etc.I just want to clarify if these are Maximum years or if these are the years we have to sign them to.
Any Chance this is something that the rules committee could discuss changing? I think it would be nice for the managers to have the freedom to sign a guy to a 1Yr 8 million contract if they so wish rather then spreading it out.
That's not right. In every other league on this site you have the option to the length of the contract. If you win a contract for Schaffer for 40 million, you have to pay him 40 million (or 2/3 guarenteed) of the time lenght you opt to do it in. The contract/extension rules are more of a guideline to follow, giving you the option to take another season to pay it if the contract amount exceeds an established figure. No other league on this sight would put stipulations on general managers, telling them how long they have to sign players. Signing Schaffer to 5 years is just bad management. If the NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL, PGA, chess team, pocketball team, women's rugby team don't mandate the # of years on a contract then why are we?
I know I am not on the RC but here was my thought...I like the idea of having the limits on the maximum years, and the ranges you have in place are great. All you would need to do is keep the ranges in place, but instill a player maximum like the NHL has done. I don't know what theirs is but believe it has to do with a % of the maximum salary cap. So we wouldn't get something like a 1 Yr 50 Million contract but have say a 12Mill/yr maximum on a player.