I'll discuss what to do with the committee. I'd suggest if you're involved in a deal, you hold off on playing your game until we sort this out.

Obviously I'd like everyone else's opinions as well.

From an outsider's opinion, if I were you guys, I wouldn't mess with the contracts. That's just going to screw up way too much. There are going to be cap penalties and all kinds of other things that will limit the amount of money the team can spend the following season. Not to mention, then you have all these big name players who all of a sudden need contracts. It sucks that you'd lose these trades, but I don't think it's worth compromising the integrity of the financial system for. I think I'd just chalk it up to "EA happens" (and where I say "EA", I mean "shit"), and save the trades for the offseason if people still want to do them.

well this sucks lol

Originally Posted by n8rockerasu From an outsider's opinion, if I were you guys, I wouldn't mess with the contracts. That's just going to screw up way too much. There are going to be cap penalties and all kinds of other things that will limit the amount of money the team can spend the following season. Not to mention, then you have all these big name players who all of a sudden need contracts. It sucks that you'd lose these trades, but I don't think it's worth compromising the integrity of the financial system for. I think I'd just chalk it up to "EA happens" (and where I say "EA", I mean "shit"), and save the trades for the offseason if people still want to do them.

I'm leaning that way as well, though it sucks for the guys who have trades approved but haven't yet processed them. Also for the people who submitted trades on time but haven't had them improved. Obviously, I'm in both groups.

FWIW, the cap penalties should be the same as usual. Since the trading team already takes the bonus as a cap penalty in a deal, the result of cutting the player would be exactly the same. So the only real impact financially is with regards to the contracts.

Originally Posted by bvharris I'll discuss what to do with the committee. I'd suggest if you're involved in a deal, you hold off on playing your game until we sort this out. Obviously I'd like everyone else's opinions as well.

aright...donno bout u bv but i dont have work tomorrow so i'll be up later if you wanna play our game after we sort this shit out...

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Now that it's over I suppose we can laugh about it. DVO was in discussion with me about acquiring Victor Cruz. He said he wanted to run 5 wide with Cruz, Gonzalez, Wallace, Jones, and White. Sadly, we couldn't get it worked out, but I would have liked to seen the aftermath, both on the field and in the thread.

Originally Posted by BSETI50 the real nfl voted to push it back along with adding the injured reserve/designated to return list just before the season started or in late august, must of been part of the update

Ah, that makes sense. Thank you for making me feel better. At least I haven't lost my mind completely, haha.

Originally Posted by Chetty12 For whatever reason, idk if its a glitch or not. But with the Steelers it didn't let me negotiate with him or anything. When he was traded to the pats, in season he still was not available to be negotiated with. But when we got to the resign period at the end of the year he popped up. Idk if this was just a glitch for us, or if something with him holding out in real life made Madden screw it up.

Yeah, that makes it a bit unpredictabie to me. I'd hate to tell people it ONLY happens if you've angered the player into testing free agency, and then find out that wasn't true. Basically, if you're trying to acquire a player in the last year of his deal, the possibility of having to franchise him or get in a bidding war for him should at least be in the back of your mind.

Originally Posted by BSETI50 aright...donno bout u bv but i dont have work tomorrow so i'll be up later if you wanna play our game after we sort this shit out...

I'd prefer to get this sorted first, and I doubt we'll figure it out tonight. Unless for some reason you can't play later in the week, I'd just assume wait. As always, my schedule is very easy.

im all for putting the trades thru with cuts, as long as both owners agree to it. we would have to sort something out in regards to resigning them. but wont we have a chance to resign them at some point in the season? has anybody been able to negotiate with the FA they picked up during the FA period? i havent been able to negotiate with andre carter, not yet at least...

if we went the droping them to free agent route wouldnt not matter if we played are game??

Originally Posted by bvharris I'd prefer to get this sorted first, and I doubt we'll figure it out tonight. Unless for some reason you can't play later in the week, I'd just assume wait. As always, my schedule is very easy.

nah i should be around tomorrow, and monday night as well so whatever works. i want to sort it out first too, i need harvin against joe haden and champ bailey...

Originally Posted by bvharris I'm leaning that way as well, though it sucks for the guys who have trades approved but haven't yet processed them. Also for the people who submitted trades on time but haven't had them improved. Obviously, I'm in both groups. FWIW, the cap penalties should be the same as usual. Since the trading team already takes the bonus as a cap penalty in a deal, the result of cutting the player would be exactly the same. So the only real impact financially is with regards to the contracts.

I guess the issue then would be trading for a player who you think has a multi-year deal, and instead, you're getting him with a 1 year contract, that you have to try to renew, in addition to any other expiring contracts you may have. And with Madden's logic, who knows if the player would even accept a comparable deal to the one he had. It's just...yikes! What a mess, lol.

Originally Posted by BSETI50 im all for putting the trades thru with cuts, as long as both owners agree to it. we would have to sort something out in regards to resigning them. but wont we have a chance to resign them at some point in the season? has anybody been able to negotiate with the FA they picked up during the FA period? i havent been able to negotiate with andre carter, not yet at least...

you can only negotiate a free agent at the end of the year.

Originally Posted by pitfallharry219 Now that it's over I suppose we can laugh about it. DVO was in discussion with me about acquiring Victor Cruz. He said he wanted to run 5 wide with Cruz, Gonzalez, Wallace, Jones, and White. Sadly, we couldn't get it worked out, but I would have liked to seen the aftermath, both on the field and in the thread.

Gotta love DVO. Just gotta love him.

Related to that, I'd prefer nobody submit any new trades at this point and we just sort out the ones we already have.

Originally Posted by BSETI50 im all for putting the trades thru with cuts, as long as both owners agree to it. we would have to sort something out in regards to resigning them. but wont we have a chance to resign them at some point in the season? has anybody been able to negotiate with the FA they picked up during the FA period? i havent been able to negotiate with andre carter, not yet at least...

Giving people the option while not making it mandatory is certainly an option as well. Obviously both owners would have to agree to it.

Originally Posted by Hemingway012 if we went the droping them to free agent route wouldnt not matter if we played are game??

Yes, it would matter since I don't think guys can play two games in one week. If you absolutely can't play any other time, go ahead, but I'd suggest waiting.

Originally Posted by n8rockerasu I guess the issue then would be trading for a player who you think has a multi-year deal, and instead, you're getting him with a 1 year contract, that you have to try to renew, in addition to any other expiring contracts you may have. And with Madden's logic, who knows if the player would even accept a comparable deal to the one he had. It's just...yikes! What a mess, lol.

Could be a huge mess, no doubt. Obviously we'd give that team every chance of re-signing the guy to a contract of the same length (including saying nobody else can bid on them if they hit full-FA), but like you said, with Madden logic there's no guarantee. It's a huge risk any way you slice it.

Originally Posted by bvharris Gotta love DVO. Just gotta love him. Related to that, I'd prefer nobody submit any new trades at this point and we just sort out the ones we already have. Giving people the option while not making it mandatory is certainly an option as well. Obviously both owners would have to agree to it. Yes, it would matter since I don't think guys can play two games in one week. If you absolutely can't play any other time, go ahead, but I'd suggest waiting.

alright.

Originally Posted by n8rockerasu I guess the issue then would be trading for a player who you think has a multi-year deal, and instead, you're getting him with a 1 year contract, that you have to try to renew, in addition to any other expiring contracts you may have. And with Madden's logic, who knows if the player would even accept a comparable deal to the one he had. It's just...yikes! What a mess, lol.

yea that would suck for me, instead of getting percy harvin with 2 years left at like 2 or 3mill, id have to resign him right away. and him being young and good hes gonna want a lot more than that...

Originally Posted by BSETI50 yea that would suck for me, instead of getting percy harvin with 2 years left at like 2 or 3mill, id have to resign him right away. and him being young and good hes gonna want a lot more than that...

That's the other problem. You won't have any way of knowing what the guy will ask for, even in his initial 1-year FA deal, until he's been cut. By then it's too late to back out.

Originally Posted by bvharris That's the other problem. You won't have any way of knowing what the guy will ask for, even in his initial 1-year FA deal, until he's been cut. By then it's too late to back out.

yup, so someone with not a lot of cap room might get screwed big time. so for instance if i had just enough or just a couple million wiggle room to take on percy harvin initially thru a legit trade, but then when i go to sign him after blade cuts him he wants 8mil, im screwed. so ive cut the player i was trading for harvin, and cant sign harvin. thats worst case scenario for someone.

just an example that wouldnt happen in my situation i dont think

I'd rather wait til the offseason but my trade was a salary dump for next season anyway. But it sounds like that may be our best bet for all these deals.