 thunk United States. November 19 2008 12:32. Posts 5608 | Profile Blog |
Great newspost.
The Free Agent system seems really well thought out. Maybe because it's really complex I can't think of any immediate weaknesses off the top of my head. But it seems like they put quite a bit of effort into it. |
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 baubo China. November 19 2008 13:42. Posts 1843 | Profile |
On November 19 2008 11:10 d_so wrote:
Show nested quote +On November 19 2008 10:56 baubo wrote:
On November 19 2008 10:29 d_so wrote:
hi mnm. you're cute.
200 percent reimbursement for free agency? That's basically 2x the NBA's luxury tax but applied irrespective of team's current payroll. that is absolutely ludicrous and a lose-lose situation for everyone:
1.) It reduces the player's bargaining power. the original team knows that any opposing team which wants to sign the free agent has to pay 3x the contract demand of the free agent ( contract to player, 200 percent reimbursement to other team).
2.) It restricts a team's ability to sign free agents, thereby limiting the competition and giving the original team an unequal amount of bargaining power. Teams therefore will only look to sign players who they consider capable of giving benefits equal to 3x the cost of the contract. That's crazy!
Glad to see that I wasn't the only person who was floored by this part. I mean, it makes no sense. Considering all the professional sports leagues out there, there are plenty of models for KESPA to analyze and decide what works... and THIS is what they come up with!? To further expand on your #2, this scenario will only happen if one team has an absurdly high revenue compared to another team in order for FA to work. Or basically something like the Yankees signing players from the Pirates, because their payroll differential is so huge. I think this results in more competitve balance given the lack of a salary cap, since it prevents a really rich team from just signing everyone. But if they wish this, why bother with FA in the first place? In the end, I think a soft cap ala NBA's CBA works best. Teams can retain the players they develop, and bad teams can clear cap space for impending FAs to improve quickly. Good for competitve balance and for team loyalty.
honestly, this actually gives the high-revenue teams more since they're the only ones that can afford to pay the compensation fee.
But it's much biased against big money teams than a regular FA system, where all teams battle it out on equal grounds.
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| Ray and LosingID - amazing work! Keep it up! |
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 .Ix Philippines. November 19 2008 15:03. Posts 242 | Profile Blog |
On November 19 2008 08:57 LosingID8 wrote:
In his mind, Korea was like the Phillipines, a country not as developed as Germany.
LOL
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great post. the free agency thing is pretty crazy (and exciting.)Last edit: 2008-11-19 15:04:42 |
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 cujo2k Canada. November 19 2008 15:51. Posts 671 | Profile |
epic newspost.. great job, really.
I think that the free agency is gonna have potential to really revitalize progaming and create interesting/fun storylines. |
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 Mikilatov United States. November 19 2008 17:10. Posts 1938 | Profile Blog |
| Ohman, thank you sooooooo much for writing this up. So many questions were answered about the free-agent thing, and it was fantastically written. =) Thank you so so much! I'm really glad that when this finally becomes active I won't be completely in the dark about the process. |
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 RoSe. Sweden. November 19 2008 17:11. Posts 288 | Profile |
| Ma Jae Yoon the best FA EVER!!!!!!!<333333333333 |
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 G.s)NarutO Germany. November 19 2008 17:13. Posts 7283 | Profile Blog |
| Awesome news. FA could really change some teams, but I think most of their teams want to keep the stars and will pay quiet something for that! |
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| gNs.I-ALBBA United States. November 19 2008 17:17. Posts 2 | Profile |
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 RA Latvia. November 19 2008 18:19. Posts 160 | Profile |
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| keit Sweden. November 19 2008 19:56. Posts 859 | Profile Blog |
| thanks alot for the translated articles, a really interesting read |
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| Amazing, thx for your hard work |
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| Badjas Netherlands. November 19 2008 21:07. Posts 305 | Profile |
| Thanks a bundle, this makes things crystal clear for me. |
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| SilverSkyLark Philippines. November 19 2008 21:17. Posts 5109 | Profile Blog |
Kinda sad about the last part of the interview, but its something not that rational, so nevermind.
mnm's last name sounds really familiar though. Last edit: 2008-11-19 21:22:40 |
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You know what I realized about the FA list?
NO LECAF PLAYERS.
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 PePe QuiCoSE Argentina. November 19 2008 23:42. Posts 1203 | Profile Blog |
it's funny the amount of times it's mentioned "Korea" in the last part of the interview.
Great News, thanks for clearing this up! (and yes, i'm was also surprised by the 200% salary issue) |
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| RamenStyle November 20 2008 00:10. Posts 1567 | Profile |
On November 19 2008 12:24 baubo wrote:
Show nested quote +On November 19 2008 12:02 RamenStyle wrote:
On November 19 2008 11:50 LosingID8 wrote:
On November 19 2008 11:33 RamenStyle wrote:
I have been waiting for this article.
Still there are some things that confuse me. How can Luxury be eligible for free agency? Shouldn't free agency come into play when the contract expires? Lux just signed with KTF, and I doubt he got a 5 months contract. So if Lux is eligible, it means he can just opt out of his contract once given FA status?
no of course he's not going to leave KTF after 5 months haha its just saying that he's one of the players that is able to become a free agent based on the requirements kespa as set.
So the FA status kicks in automatically once his contract with KTF expires, right? I'm kinda confused with that part in the article that says these players have to choose whether to gain FA status or not come 2009. Aagghh! So many questions pop in my mind about this. Maybe we should make a FAQ for the FA.
Since we don't know the length of these players' contracts, it would be fruitless to wonder where everything stand. It's possible that many of these players have contracts extended beyond the date of FA. This shouldn't just pertain to Luxury, but other players like Savior and Stork too. Just because KTF bought his contract from OGN doesn't mean his contract is any longer than the other players.
I don't think KTF just bought Lux's OGN contract with the same years/conditions/salary ala NBA. Lux must have got a new top-dollar multi-year contract to join KTF. This is what has been bothering me. I'm guessing that the eligible players mentioned can become FA AFTER their contracts expire, otherwise it wouldn't make much sense. The fact that these players have to choose between become FAs or not... well, shouldn't they have to choose after their contracts expire and not right now?
Meh, anyways, this KeSPA FA system sucks. I hope nothing of it is definitive and they soon make the proper changes. |
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 Baddieko Singapore. November 20 2008 03:31. Posts 569 | Profile |
I think any system dont matter for rich teams like samsung, skt and lecaf. I can see their star players don't ever want to leave their teams due to good prospect of salary and sponsership in the future. Just look at how many times a samsung or skt player left their team. Its rare. Rather its bisu joining skt.
They should do something to help weaker teams retain their star players since the objective is to maintain the competitive edge.Last edit: 2008-11-20 03:34:53 |
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