Idea bin - future change thoughts/musings for later discussion

[Rob]

Pro-rating salary for DL players to give GM's more cap flexibility when a player is injured.

Context:
TAC:        So, since we already have a mechanism where cap defaults after the year, if we wanted to pro-rate IR cap space, it would just be done by raising cap space to accomodate for an injured player when they are on the IR.
   
   The easiest way to do it would be to manually add cap space after a full week of someone on IR, but still count IR players against the cap. So, basically, it gets refunded.
   
   Let's say deGrom, since he was who i brought up before: His salary is 37,000,000 for the season.
   
   26.5 weeks in the season. so, 1,396,000 per week.
   
   If he's on the IR for a week, you add 1,396,000 to the cap for that team. do that each week until he comes off.
   
   Could very easily make a formula in Excel where you just figure out how much salary value a team had on the IR for the week, then have a formula calculate the amount of cap space to add.  Then you could do each team in like... maybe 2-3 minutes each.

   It would be even simpler if you say its specifically for longer term IR stints, like have it only be reimbursed if a player gets put on the 60-day. Because then you don't need to worry as much about compensating for 7-day concussion IR stints or anything like that. Also, it would only mean one lump adjustment for each player - if they go on the 60 day, you get 2 months of value of the contract back. So there's still a hit for having someone get injured, but its not necessarily destroying your roster since you have some cash to replace them.

Rob:    Ok, I might be able to get my ahead around it if it's only the 60 day DL... That could be simplified down to a flat rate.  Something like 20%.  If you have a player hit the 60 Day DL you get a 20% discount on his contract for the season (in the form of a cap increase, as you say).
   
   Although, maybe 40% is more accurate.  Since our regular season is 5 months, 60 days is approx 40% of our season.

[Rob]

Review effectiveness of 78 IP limit

[Rob]

Discuss free drops of contracts under a certain threshold (less than $1M?)

[Jon]

discount hometown discounts for pending free agents and current free agents that actually play in our organizations

[Rob]

Discount on extensions for players coming off service time contracts

[bearcatrunner]

Not sure if this is how you want it done. 

When I first signed up, I remember the prize money being split in a way that rewarded division winners. Maybe this isn't open for discussion, but I think it should be.

Winning your division means you built a strong team and managed it well throughout the season?through the draft, trades, roster moves, and all the ups and downs. That takes real effort. Plus, having a reward for the division crown keeps teams motivated to compete hard until the end, or at least longer into the season.

The playoffs, on the other hand, have a lot more to do with luck. They definitely should still mean something, but I feel like winning your division?which still has a bit of luck involved, especially since not all divisions are equal?is a big accomplishment and should be recognized as such.  Thoughts?
For easy finding.  Here is the current payouts.  2025 payouts expected:
Fantrax League Fee: $129.95
All 12 Playoff teams: $50 each
All 4 League Championship teams: $100 each
Both World Series teams: $200 each
Champion: $623.46

[TACeu]

Also for the discussion on rules for next year, I think it would be good to have an extension deadline, and have it be prior to the trade deadline.

This would create more of a need for GMs to be strategic about players on expiring contracts, and will create a much more active deadline.

It will also encourage free agency more, as GMs can't manipulate the cap by doing a bunch of releases on the very last day of the season to clear up cap space and then sign someone on a last minute extension.

[TACeu]

Discount on extensions for players coming off service time contracts

Strong disagree on this one. Service time players are already a massive value in this league since they get paid less than half of the actual MLB minimum, and getting cheaper extensions would make them crazy overvalued.

If anything, I would rather not allow extensions on service time players at all, or cap it for only players eligible for 10-15 million or less something. You get the studs for cheap years at 300k, but then they can't be extended. Kind of like how in actual MLB, the real studs almost always want to test the waters of free agency.

[Rob]

Strong disagree on this one. Service time players are already a massive value in this league since they get paid less than half of the actual MLB minimum, and getting cheaper extensions would make them crazy overvalued.

If anything, I would rather not allow extensions on service time players at all, or cap it for only players eligible for 10-15 million or less something. You get the studs for cheap years at 300k, but then they can't be extended. Kind of like how in actual MLB, the real studs almost always want to test the waters of free agency.

I think I agree with you.  I do like encouraging organic growth.  Hometown discounts help that.  We offer prospect contract discounts in my NHL league, but our service time is only 3 years there. 

In any case, we can debate this in the offseason. 

[Rob]

Kind of like how in actual MLB, the real studs almost always want to test the waters of free agency.

Disagree on this, though.  Kristian Campbell.  Jackson Merrill.