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Originally Posted by dino7c
no but the 8 year advantage should be more of an advantage to the club who drafted and developed...that is why it was added in the first place so smaller markets could hang onto their stars. Now its becoming yet another advantage for the Vegas and Floridas of the league. This trading Marner a day before free agency so he still gets the 8 year deal is dumb, they should have to re-up far earlier to take advantage of an extra year IMO.
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If getting rid of the sign & trade deal becomes important to try and maintain parity in the league then I am sure there are rules that could be baked in...
1) In order to receive the longer contract term, the player must play X amount of the new contract with the signing team
2) In order to ensure good faith on the team, the player is automatically granted a NMC during the X amount of games that they must play with the team to receive the longer contract term
3) If the player and team agree to waive the NMC and trade the player before X amount of games/seasons are reached then the contract is shortened automatically by 1 year
Then figure out a reasonable number for X. 1 year? 50% of the contract?
Something like this would give the advantage to a team that drafts and develops a player without turning it into trade ammunition to the "Have" teams.