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Old 01-12-2021, 11:49 AM   #11
Jiri Hrdina
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Originally Posted by simmer2 View Post
To me it doesn't make sense why there is a buy-out penalty...but I could easily be missing something.

What was the rationale for the buy-out penalty in the first place?

I think there is a built-in penalty where if a player retires half way through the year, you now have to go and replace that person.
The rationale was to create a consequence and risk element for signing UFAs to over priced deals.
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