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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Typically there are higher contracts in UFAs but as Doug said - each season is different
But the intended outcome of our free agency isn't to maximize the value for the players, because the players are not stakeholders of the game. The purpose of free agency is part of the game within the game, and to provide another means of player movement. Cap is an asset just like anything in this game, so some teams apply a strategy to enter free agency with more cap and try to get players that way instead of trading assets.
But also the system has to be executable in efficient in consistent ways.
So in a world where teams have the opportunity to out bid each other
- How many rounds do you go? If team A bids 1.1M for a player, and then player B bids 1.2M in the next round, does team A have another opportunity? For how many rounds? And how do you deal with the cap space requirements? Do both teams have to maintain the space while they are actively bidding on a player?
It all would be too complicated and take too long.
The game is a system of elements and levers that I'm not saying are perfect - but works pretty wall to promote a game where you can have a lot of player movement, and different strategies can be executed. Some teams build through drafts and prospects, some teams constantly are in win now mode and leverage free agency more to do that.
The league has a fairly consistent amount of cap that is available (with only a couple of variables shifting that such as the degree to which teams trade next year cap for this year cap) so it's just a matter of how that available amount of money is spread through the league across RFAs, re-signed UFAs and UFAs signed through bids.
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No rounds. You keep going until only the highest bidder wins. Eventually one manager will go higher than the other managers are able/willing to go. After every new bid there is a 3 days period for another manager to outbid the previous bid. If after those 3 days there is no new bid that manager signs that player.
Every bid has to be at minimum 500k more than previous bid.
You have to have the cap space to bid. Teams with more capspace have the opportunity to outbid teams with less capspace.