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« on: April 19, 2004, 01:57:02 PM »
My only suggestion has to do with the "contracts" for our keepers. For this first year only I think we should give a 1 year (next season) and a 2 year (2 more seasons) contract. In the following season each owner will then name a new keeper for their 2 year contract. This will help to stagger the time that different players will hit the free agent market. Every team will always have both a one year & 2 year player under contract. Each manager will always lose one of their free agents each year.
Also I feel that we should maintain these contracts even through trades. In other words, if Joe V names Duncan as his 2 year contract and then we trade at the deadline I should only get the remaining 1+ years left on Duncan's contract.....not 2 full years. Trades should not extend a players contract and delay him from becoming a free agent (i.e. NO contract extensions). If not then the top players will stay with the same managers over & over.
An example: Team 1 has Duncan. Team 2 has Garnett. Both managers name these players as their 2 year contracts. Just before the trading deadline of the second year Duncan & Garnett are traded for each other. If the owners get to keep these players for 2 years then all they have to do is trade again at the end of 2 years. Duncan & Garnett will never hit the free agent market and only the same 2 managers will ever have them.