(07-27-2017, 02:53 PM)timeconsumer Wrote:If a team can build a culture that is so strong it makes top tier vets want to stick around for cheap, why is that a problem?
Because there's no challenge in building that sort of culture when it entails very little "real" sacrifice. In the NFL or NBA, the choice is seen as being between a winning organization or life-changing, generational wealth. Here, the choice is far easier, as @automatic said earlier:
"I can't go out and buy a Maserati because we won the NSFL championship and I got a $1mil bonus. Wtf is the point? I like winning more than being paid $9 million per season. I'll write two articles worth 9 mil and have fun doing it..."
While he doesn't speak for everybody (certainly not AC Hackett), that mentality is fairly common. When you take that and factor in that rookies are able to holdout, it seems pretty unlikely that teams towards the bottom have any real chance at improving.
EDIT: I don't really have a solution at present, aside from more guys (and gals) RP'ing as characters for whom contract size makes a big difference, or perhaps introducing new mechanics that make having money more important/valuable.
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