Fix the International Free Agency

[RonCo]

One could argue with that amount of money still available Nashville might have been over aggressive and might have spent more than they actually needed to for the guys.

This is true to a degree. The issue we're discussing right now is that Nashville inadvertently had more money at their disposal than they should have had (through no fault of Chad). So while NSH would still have been able to go on that spending spree, the spree should not have been so big.

We are working out an adjustment that will properly level players and the books. Matt or one of the GB will, I'm sure, make a general announcement sometime soon.

Once that's finished we can go on with our annual IFA conversations.

[BaseClogger]

what I am struggling with is if my math is correct there is still 77.3 million dollars left on the table that teams have left behind in the cap so far. maybe that gets spent down over the coming sims maybe it don't. But if more dollars had been thrown out across the league initially Nashville might not have got all the guys and went so far above the cap due to more competition. If the majority of the teams wiped out their cap but then Nashville had funds well beyond the other teams to get these guys that would be different. I just view it as Nashville was aggressive and many other teams was not aggressive including myself. One could argue with that amount of money still available Nashville might have been over aggressive and might have spent more than they actually needed to for the guys.

This is true but it’s why Ron and commish are saying this is a finances thing and not an IFA structure thing. Lots of teams are having to decide between spending close to the salary cap or playing in IFA. If you’re even close to being a playoff contender the logical choice is spending on major league talent.

So until teams have more of a financial baseline that enables them to spend close to the salary cap they’re going to continue to choose the deficit in IFA talent acquired vs being at a talent deficit on a BBA field.

[ae37jr]

Don't forget about coaches, draft picks and stadium dues. I'd bet that most of the teams who haven't spent... can't. They just don't have the finances to spend $4 million, let alone $60+.

It will actually be interesting to see what happens to the rest of the crop. I don't think there is enough money to go around and sign them all. Maybe they go to GBC.

[DaveB]

what I am struggling with is if my math is correct there is still 77.3 million dollars left on the table that teams have left behind in the cap so far. maybe that gets spent down over the coming sims maybe it don't. But if more dollars had been thrown out across the league initially Nashville might not have got all the guys and went so far above the cap due to more competition. If the majority of the teams wiped out their cap but then Nashville had funds well beyond the other teams to get these guys that would be different. I just view it as Nashville was aggressive and many other teams was not aggressive including myself. One could argue with that amount of money still available Nashville might have been over aggressive and might have spent more than they actually needed to for the guys.

This is true but it’s why Ron and commish are saying this is a finances thing and not an IFA structure thing. Lots of teams are having to decide between spending close to the salary cap or playing in IFA. If you’re even close to being a playoff contender the logical choice is spending on major league talent.

So until teams have more of a financial baseline that enables them to spend close to the salary cap they’re going to continue to choose the deficit in IFA talent acquired vs being at a talent deficit on a BBA field.

Those teams also have to choose between signing coaches (which the costs for them seem to have increased quite a bit in 25) as well as the development budget as it seems that the higher the amount you choose the better your development is.

For coaching you automatically have about 6-8 million off the top. If you're rebuilding you're going to want to pump between 10-15 million into the development (I pushed mine up a couple million this off season, but some how it went back to the prior level. I'm not sure how.) So if you've got a budget of the Bikini, San Antonio, or Louisville of 112 million you're already down to 89 million for a big league payroll, draft, and international signings as well as anything else that comes up throughout the season. Even though we've helped those teams by increasing the media budget for them a lot still needs to be done.

[RonCo]

Even though we've helped those teams by increasing the media budget for them a lot still needs to be done.

To me, the biggest help on the media contracts is not the part that bumps us up, but the part that reduces funds available for big revenue teams. These things aren't light-switches, though. Let this run a year or two, and we should see benefits beginning to accrue.

But, yes, the game is fundamentally different for those who are under-revenued. For us, for example, the salary cap literally does not exist. So taking actions like increasing the cap does literally nothing for us. But similar to the above, reducing cap makes sure that big revenue teams can't get too far out ahead of us on raw spend on the field. Also, every "equal expense" (personnel, draft picks, and yes, stadium fees) is one that eats up a greater percentage of a low-revenue team's budget than it does a high-revenue team. Most of these are not particularly "even," though. Draft picks, for example, cost "bad" teams a lot more than "good" teams, because top-10 picks ask top-10 dollars. When I was in YS in our heyday, we rarely planned to pay more than a few million in draft picks, but sometimes I'd drop a big $ on an "Impossible" sign just for the hell of it.

All this is fine. But it is also why it's quite valuable for low revenue teams to get their finances in order as they come up the curve and manage to that. Budget for all the infrastructure things first, then field the best team you can for the very low dollars. Young, cheap players who can do a little is the key, of course. Bikini will try to spend about $104M on salaries this year, nowhere near the $115 cap, but we will need to make playoff revenue to make that work for us. If it becomes obvious we can't make the playoffs in a couple months, we'll likely need to sell players again to keep from going under.

[recte44]

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