Post by GreySkull Masters on Sept 18, 2019 14:01:10 GMT
I am talking about auctions in general. Like a house auction, car auction. People bid themselve up all the time. To guarantee the win, because the owners can still set the value they are willing to sell at.
It's what ever the market is willing to pay. That's why we have a bidding process.
In the yahoo auction, you win the bid you get the player, like UFA. This is RFA, the current owner can match, it's not the same.
The two managers who have issues both have RFA that people are bidding on.
The outcome that you are seeking is for people to agree to give you a contract below what people are willing to bid. To end the bidding early.
In an auction house you can't bid yourself up. I go to them all the time. Look at ebay if you want an easy example. You can put a top bid you will do but it will only bid once someone else has made a bid.
It is the same, look at the NBA if someone signs an offer sheet with a player who is an RFA even if it is under market value you have the chance to match.
There are what 12 teams in the league if no one else feels inclined to bid up the player then that is the market value not inflating it yourself after a bid you just made.
Lastly being able to bid on your own RFA's is completely different as you may want a different contract structure then what is being presented by the winning bid at the time. If the winning bid is two years and you as an owner want four years then you have to make a bid to arrange the contract to work with your team.
No the outcome I am looking for is that if you are bidding on an RFA you have to consider that before making a bid. If you feel the contract is under market value you need to bid it up to market value. If you do not and no other managers bid it up higher then the bid stays where it is.
Also I am not looking for this rule to be changed this year or anything I am just looking to have a discussion about it because it seems completely insane to be able to bid up yourself.