What does potential do exactly?

[davel]

I'm trying to get players to ask for more money in free agency. I found that raising potential helps and peak age end help. I was wondering anyone has ideas on this?thanks

[FixEverything2k]

Potential essentially is the max overall a player can achieve. A 20 year old player with an 80 overall and 99 potential and a peak age start at 25, would see increases in attributes at the end of each season, likely until his overall is 99 or close to 99. But if a player is 24 with a peak start at 25 and has an 80 overall, his max might only be an 84 overall. Once you hit Peak your attributes only go up really from training camps. After the peak end age is reached, their overall will drop steadily until they retire.