Franchise Tag: broken or I am an idiot

[conboy31]

I have used the franchise tag twice during one of my single player non-online franchises. It was easier to have this random guy as a stop gap 90ish RG than it would be to pay him a huge contract or start a developing scrub.

Imagine my shock when I look around week 4 to possibly trade him and he signed some 6 year 55 million dollar deal. What!?

I have all the options user, so I am in charge of everything. I later tried it again on mlb Mayo. I had a up and coming star MLB but he was not ready. Once again Mayo ends up with like a 5 year 58 million dollar deal or something.

Unless I am missing something the franchise tag is broken beyond recognition.

[Dmacho]

Team can sign players that you've slapped the franchise tag on ; they just have to give up a lot ( 1 round picks). I'm not sure exactly what they have to give up in order to sign a player whose been franchised.

Did you receive any extra picks ?

[conboy31]

I did not get any picks and my own team signed my franchised players without consulting me.

In each instance I wanted to tag a player, then trade him or let him go next FA.
Instead each time my own team signed them to huge and long deals without my approval.

Tag = 1 year tender or first round picks given up by another team. Not Madden 2010 saying they sign a 1 year deal then they are signed in 5+ year deals without user approval.

[hillerysean]

Hey,

I was going to say that franchise tagging would be a huge bonus in a long franchise with the exact circumstances you stated before. I may be a total nerb, but for some reason I don't want that to happen to my guys (cpu signs to ridiculously long and overpaid contracts). They do need to fix it cuz having 2 extra firsts can really pay off when you have a guy you know you wont keep but still want to play.

On a related note, has anyone else been in a long franchise and even if you have all of the options on user, the cpu suddenly signs some of your guys to 6 year deals and totally kill your cap? For example, I have Vontae Davis for 2 more years and I have 2 up and coming CBs, suddenly when hes 30 yrs old, then CPU signs him for 6 years and pays him like 10mil a year. At 33 he has like 84 speed and sucks. I know that Madden has a glitch that changes all offseason activity to CPU at random times and they need to fix it. Anyone else see stuff like this?

[sois]

Can franchise tag even work properly? I thought you couldn't trade future draft picks. Isn't the compensation for losing a franchise player two firsts?

[CurlyJefferson]

Quote: Originally Posted by hillerysean

Hey, I was going to say that franchise tagging would be a huge bonus in a long franchise with the exact circumstances you stated before. I may be a total nerb, but for some reason I don't want that to happen to my guys (cpu signs to ridiculously long and overpaid contracts). They do need to fix it cuz having 2 extra firsts can really pay off when you have a guy you know you wont keep but still want to play. On a related note, has anyone else been in a long franchise and even if you have all of the options on user, the cpu suddenly signs some of your guys to 6 year deals and totally kill your cap? For example, I have Vontae Davis for 2 more years and I have 2 up and coming CBs, suddenly when hes 30 yrs old, then CPU signs him for 6 years and pays him like 10mil a year. At 33 he has like 84 speed and sucks. I know that Madden has a glitch that changes all offseason activity to CPU at random times and they need to fix it. Anyone else see stuff like this?

Same thing happened to me. Everything randomly switched to CPU control without me knowing about it. I ended up saving my game after the re-signing period without noticing that the CPU had signed a bunch of guys to contracts I didn't want. It absolutely destroyed my cap and basically ruined my franchise which I'd been enjoying for weeks. I haven't played it in a very long time. To continue, I'd have to dismantle my team.

[Darkside63]

This bug - changing the controls to CPU randomly - was already in Madden 09.

Didnt notice yet, that its still in Madden 10 as well

[MAHAM]

hmm, I think the computer just does what it wants. I have a franchise where the computer signed a FA OT....but I had all computer decision making turned off.