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Originally Posted by triplykely
Was it for less years? When signing players they value short contracts more than long, with bonus and 1st year salary the most important. You can offer less money overall with a larger bonus and/or larger 1st year and often sign your guy. Each player has other factors they consider when making decisions besides money as well.
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They were both in-season deals that just would've lasted until the end of the season. I understand the bonus/ 1st year cashflow dynamics for signing free agents during the offseason, but that's not as relevant in-season. I tried stuff like offering 1 million with no bonus, or 600k with 250k bonus, but both were laughed off by the agent, only for the player to sign a minimum-salary no-bonus deal that same week with a different team. Is this just a mechanism to give AI teams some small edge over users?