I believe there needs to be some pretty major changes made in the league economy. I think that the current amount of money needed for equipment and training is fine when you keep in mind players that have difficulty earning money, but I think there are some issues with the current logic of contracts, for example. It feels extremely strange to me that I should take a pay cut because I was called up to a more prestigious league. Currently the DSFL salary is 6 million. I only spent a year in the DSFL and I was very excited to move up to the ISFL, but I signed a contract for a third of what I was making in the DSFL, and that was just disappointing. I understand that I don't have to sign for lower and can negotiate for more, but there is definitely pressure to take as little as you can. You want your team to have enough room to sign better players, but it'd still be nice if you could also sign a contract that's at least somewhat valuable along the way. I don’t have a great need for money like others do, but the logical nature of receiving that much less when moving to the ISFL is strange to me. I should be excited to sign a professional contract, like players are in real life. Players in real life don’t take a pay cut to go to a better league, because in the higher tier league their services are valued more because the stakes of competition are that much higher. It’s not that I don’t understand why this practice occurs in our league, but I am saying it’s poor design that I am less excited to get paid by my ISFL team than my DSFL team. Heck, even after you’re drafted, if you’re not called up you still get 4 million covered by the DSFL. That’s assuredly more than any called up rookie would be making when they’re actually contributing at the professional level. There needs to be restructuring in this area, because this practice simply doesn’t make sense, and it takes a modicum of enjoyment out of what should be one of the most exciting times for players.
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