Make Money Mean Something

[timeconsumer]

This was something I pitched on Discord as well. I think it is a much easier solution than the one I've posted, but it wasn't met with as much enthusiasm.

It means there's no extra media workload, no price hike, just a direct correlation to the amount you're paid by your team and the bonus TPE available to you.

Thoughts on this instead @timeconsumer? If regression is going to be an issue, maybe just have contract TPE cut into current available TPE. So right now I can buy 12 TPE in hands through equipment, but let's say we make it 8 through equipment and 4 through contract money. No change to regression...

If it keeps the totals the same it won't affect regression so that is fine I guess. But there are a lot of other factors involved here that still complicate a big switch like this. For one we need to consider what happens when a player is no longer eligible to purchase equipment anyway because they are capped in all relevant stats (read: me). How would the contract TPE be balanced then?

And further, would the cost for said reduced effect equipment be scaled or still priced the same for the reduced benefit?

Lastly, how exactly is this different than using money for TPE? Seems like the same thing just dressed up a little differently.

Another thing we need to consider that is far more subtle but I think one of the most potentially damaging parts about contract TPE is the psychological effects of a player's earnings and worth being tied to something that he doesn't necessarily have full control over. As it stands right now in this league my earnings are 100% determined by my actions, my efforts, and my skills. What happens when you take part of that away from someone? If my newly created draftee is not able to secure a big contract right out the gate and is forced to settle for a $4m per season offer while someone else drafted by a team with far more cap space can secure double that, now I am suddenly not on the same level as someone else in terms of TPE earnings. If you know anything about me you know that is something that does not sit right with me, I want to be the best and I don't settle for second place. But I had no control over who drafted me.

Sure I could hold out to be traded to someone with more cap space but if the process takes too long I risk losing TPE because I'm not under contract and cannot earn. And what if I want to make a position that doesn't demand a high contract? I have to accept that I simply cannot be as good as others because I wanted to play something that doesn't demand top dollar, like tight end or safety. Now I might be an exception to the rule, but I think you could stand to lose players over something like this. I left the EFL because I was no longer able to compete as a top earner with guys who were donating the $15 every season due to falling on some hard times IRL and not having that kind of disposable income. That league lost me over it, do we want to risk something like that with top earning dudes?