Post by Walsher3 on Mar 9, 2014 18:46:16 GMT -5
We introduced this new process last off season to pretty good success. The goal is to mirror the new process agreed to between Nippon & MLB this past MLB off season. Copied below is what we rolled out last year, going forward I would like to keep a similar structure, with a couple of tweaks based on what I learned by doing this last year with Tanaka. I will post separately my proposals for tweaks:
This off season we are introducing a new free agency wrinkle that mirrors the just agreed upon process between Major League Baseball and the Nippon Professional Baseball league of Japan. Each off season, beginning now, we will post 1-2 Japanese professionals of varying quality through the posting system. It is important to note that NOT ALL Japanese players entering the league are required to be posted (similar to real life), and only specific players will be posted. The league will be notified in game, on the message board, and in the AIM chat room when a player is posted. Included here are the rules and examples of how it works. We will use Masahiro Tanaka as the example below, since he is the first player up for posting.
Posting Process & Rules
Any team in LBLB can offer a "posting fee." This is a 1-time fee paid to the professional team in the Nippon Professional Baseball league that owns the rights to the posted player. Requirement/Rules of the posting fee:
Posted Player Contracts & the Bidding Process
The team that submits the highest post wins exclusive rights to sign that player to a contract; if multiple teams submit the same highest bid, all will have a chance to negotiate with the FA until a contract is signed. Below is the process for both circumstances:
1 Team Wins Exclusive Signing Rights
This off season we are introducing a new free agency wrinkle that mirrors the just agreed upon process between Major League Baseball and the Nippon Professional Baseball league of Japan. Each off season, beginning now, we will post 1-2 Japanese professionals of varying quality through the posting system. It is important to note that NOT ALL Japanese players entering the league are required to be posted (similar to real life), and only specific players will be posted. The league will be notified in game, on the message board, and in the AIM chat room when a player is posted. Included here are the rules and examples of how it works. We will use Masahiro Tanaka as the example below, since he is the first player up for posting.
Posting Process & Rules
Any team in LBLB can offer a "posting fee." This is a 1-time fee paid to the professional team in the Nippon Professional Baseball league that owns the rights to the posted player. Requirement/Rules of the posting fee:
- The fee can be up to a maximum of $20,000,000.
- The fee is a one-time lump sum payment to the NPB league team for rights to the player.
- The posting fee is only paid by the team that signs the posted player to a contract; other post bids are returned to the teams.
- The amount a team can post is determined by the Money for Free Agents within the team page finance screen.
- IE: If a team has $17,000,000 in Money for Free Agents, the maximum post is $17,000,000
- Multiple teams can post the same amount; when this occurs, teams enter into a "Bidding Process" to acquire the player.
Posted Player Contracts & the Bidding Process
The team that submits the highest post wins exclusive rights to sign that player to a contract; if multiple teams submit the same highest bid, all will have a chance to negotiate with the FA until a contract is signed. Below is the process for both circumstances:
1 Team Wins Exclusive Signing Rights
- The team with the winning posting bid is required to pay the one-time posting fee; other teams that have submitted posting fees are not required to pay their submitted fees.
IE: Colorado submits a $12,000,000 posting fee, all other teams submit less than $12,000,000. Colorado pays the $12,000,000 out of Money for Free Agents and the other teams do not.
- The winning team signs the Japanese IFA to a contract equal to the demand of the player.
- The winning team may add up to 1 additional year to the contract as a team option, at the average yearly amount.
IE: Colorado adds a 6th year to the contract at $16,000,000.
- If a team option year is added, the buyout is 40% of the salary for the additional year
IE: Colorado adds a 6th year to the contract at $16,000,000 as a team option, the buyout amount is $16,000,000 x 40% = $6,400,000.
- The winning team is required to have Money for Free Agents available equal to their posting fee submission + the average annual value of the contract.
IE: Colorado must have $12,000,000 (posting fee) + $16,000,000 (AAV salary) = $28,000,000 in available Money for Free Agents
Money for Free Agents: KEEP IN MIND THIS AMOUNT IS REDUCED IF YOU HAVE OUTSTANDING OFFERS TO OTHER FREE AGENTS IN THE GAME. IF YOU HAVE $30,000,000 IN CONTRACTS OFFERED TO 3 OTHER FREE AGENTS, IT WILL REDUCE YOUR MONEY FOR FREE AGENTS BY $30,000,000. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING YOUR OWN FINANCES. THE COMMISSIONERS WILL WORK WITH YOU AND ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF OOTP.
Multiple Teams Win Exclusive Signing Rights
In the event that multiple teams submit the same highest posting fee, the player will enter into a bidding process between all of the teams that have tied with the highest posting fee submission. Teams will submit contract offers, with the player signing with the highest contract offer at the end of the bidding process. There will be three rounds of bidding, as outlined below:- Contracts can vary by year, as long as they meet league rules and are equal to the AAV of the player demand
- If a team with the highest posting fee cannot meet the minimum salary requirements for the player, they will forfeit their rights to the player, and the rights will be assigned to the next highest team
Money for Free Agents: KEEP IN MIND THIS AMOUNT IS REDUCED IF YOU HAVE OUTSTANDING OFFERS TO OTHER FREE AGENTS IN THE GAME. IF YOU HAVE $30,000,000 IN CONTRACTS OFFERED TO 3 OTHER FREE AGENTS, IT WILL REDUCE YOUR MONEY FOR FREE AGENTS BY $30,000,000. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING YOUR OWN FINANCES. THE COMMISSIONERS WILL WORK WITH YOU AND ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF OOTP.
Multiple Teams Win Exclusive Signing Rights
- Bidding Round One: All teams that are included in the bidding process submit an offer to the commissioners. After all contracts have been submitted, the commissioners will post on the forums and in the AIM chat room the value of the highest contract offer; the team with the highest bid will not be revealed. The form of the contract will be AAV/YR.
IE: Colorado, Boston and New York all submit a posting fee of $12,000,000 for Tanaka. They each send a PM to the commissioners their contract bids; Colorado submits 16AAV/5yr, Boston submits 17AAV/5yr, New York submits 18AAV/5yr. The commissioners announce that the highest contract received by Tanaka in Round One is 18AAV/5YR.
- Bidding Round Two: The teams and commissioners repeat the steps of Round One.
IE: Colorado submits 18.5AAV/5yr, Boston submits 21AAV/5yr, New York maintains their bid from Round One. Commissioners announce that the highest contract received by Tanaka in Round Two is 21AAV/5YR.
- Bidding Round Three: The teams and commissioners repeat the steps from Rounds One and Two. This is the final round of contract negotiations. The team with the highest contract proposal at the end of Round Three signs the free agent.
IE: Colorado cannot offer higher than 18.5AAV due to constraints on Money for Free Agents and withdraws. Boston stays at 21AAV/5YR. New York offers 21AAV/6YR with a team option for year 6. Commissioners award the contract to New York.
Important Notes:
This seems intensely complicated, but it's really not. You need to have the money to spend in order to post and propose a contract to a Japanese IFA. That's really the core thing to keep in mind here. If you have any questions contact Brian or Brett.
Important Notes:
- The first tie breaker in negotiations is AAV, the second is total contract. If a team offers a 6r/120M contract(20AAV) and another team offers a 5yr/110M contract (22AAV), the player will choose the 22AAV contract.
- Teams can only offer contracts up to their Money for Free Agent $$ Limit. In the example above, Colorado was not able to offer more $$ for a contract because they were at their maximum Money for Free Agents between their submitted posting fee and AAV submission.
- Only the team that actually signs the player pays the posting fee; in this example, New York would pay the $12,000,000 fee, and Colorado and Boston would not pay anything.
- Teams can offer up to 1 team option year in the Multiple Teams Win Exclusive Signing Rights scenario, and the amount and buyout is subject to the same rules as noted above.
This seems intensely complicated, but it's really not. You need to have the money to spend in order to post and propose a contract to a Japanese IFA. That's really the core thing to keep in mind here. If you have any questions contact Brian or Brett.