Here we go again. The pats traded Jamie Collins for a 96th pick. A compensatory pick, I don't think that would fit our meter. Much more simpler and clear with a recent example.
Also, forcing a team to hold a cap minimum would stifle these 1st round and second rounders being moved so easily . That's the key here is that you can eat those bonuses, but still have monster cap room left to play with. All while having young talent coming in. Very revolving door like .
Dumping a potential star like Collins right before he resigns is the way to do it. Get a shot one year earlier is the only benefit, but the pats lose. And it's a win win for the browns. They either tag him or lose a third.
The compensatory picks is a formula that now only allows for late third rounders, but with all the money thrown at real players , and not here allows for little wiggle room for anything more creative than stocking up on early picks. ( The best defenders come out of the first round here. That is the biggest problem )
Put a minimum cap in and stuff will get better. We might actually want compensatory picks cause there might be a benefit to letting guys walk. Also you only get those picks if you have less FAs coming in than going out.
Here you can dump talent for early picks (keeping cap low) then scour FA for replacements. IRL the team that recieved the player would lose some compensatory picks if they hit FA hard. It doesn't directly effect trading, but it opens the financial door for these high pick trades and closes the door on the FA market.
There is no incentives here to do it any other way. With safe high picks and no cap minimum one will continue to reap financial benefits until the contracts of top tier players finally reach a tipping point. ( one I have yet to see in mfn one )
It is all intertwined , but a cap minimum would help with both FA pools and financial limits reached by colluding or preying on the newbs. Compensatory picks would then be needed.
In 75 Danielson ex team would have received a decent compensatory pick( as long they didn't pick up FAs that played alot the prior season) and ares would be out a third. Not a big loss here, but that because volatility is static and drafting is too safe due to the current code.
All this is in reference to the trade meter values being off, but they were only created to stop bad trades. When in reality there is no bad trades here only problems of the salaries of the elite and how much cap room there is.
