re: TDBBL - SOTU - Referendum #1: League Structure Vote

i get that contracts seems cool, but it's really adding a layer of complexity and potential rage-quit fuel. if you make the cost punitive enough each year, it will work itself out and the players go back into the pool in a year or 2. i mean a 5-6% of the cap increase means that in year 2 that player's addition alone is 10-12% of the cap (ignoring what was originally paid, which will add another 1-5%). that's superstar-level value and then in year 3 it's an expensive arse superstar

in my irl auction FFB league, you don't have to spend all of your cap either, which will facilitate trading later (b/c you have more trading options due to the ability to "take back" more salary). in that league you actually don't have free agency and there are 3-4 pre-determined drafts for un-selected players, and you have to either use your cap room or drop players to sign new ones. i'm not really pushing for there here, but if we do "salary for salary" we have to figure out how to value FA pickups

i will say this. the pre-determined FA drafting does force people to stay active in the league