Ideas For Positive Improvement

[manicmav36]

Good idea yo. Here's an idea I had to get things started... I talked about it with HO a little bit to see if it'd be feasible and I haven't ironed it out completely yet, but I was planning on proposing it at the GM summit thingy.

The idea would be to introduce signing bonuses for FA and maybe rookies. So whenever a rookie signs their rookie contract or an FA signs with a team other than their previous team they get a one-time 1/2m bonus that does not count against the signing team's cap.

Stipulations would be like contracts have to be at least 2 or 3 years long so people can't just team hop all the time to abuse it, still have to iron that out.

But the hopeful outcomes would be:
1. A way for players to make more money outside of media/graphics even while team's caps start getting stretched
2. Encourages more players to test FA, which would lead to more exciting off-seasons and parity
3. Gives rookies a little financial boost
4. For GMs, lets their players have another income source that they don't have to spend cap on

In my mind that's all positive improvements, but I could be overlooking something

The only negative I can think of is that this may lead to less of a dedicated base. Less time spent with teammates in their locker room, less willing to build a player to team needs, etc. I think it's pretty unlikely to make much of an impact, but something to consider. Overall a very interesting idea. I would tweak it to maybe give rookies a one-time bonus when they hit TPE milestones, say 100 and 150.