WarEagle wrote:
Morbid wrote:
I dont know how others feel about this suggestion or if there is even a way to put it into effect.
When going after a FA, if the team already has premier players at that position the likeliness of him signing with that team will decrease as he will be looking for a team where he might get more playing time. This also could stop loaded teams from taking every top notch FA as well
I like the idea. It more closely resembles real life.
However:
1. What if you plan on changing the position?
2. What would stop someone from changing the position of a player already on their team, then change it back once they sign this free agent?
3. What if the player is a CB (for example)? I don't think Revis would avoid signing with the Seahawks just because Sherman is there. It wouldn't impact his playing time.
1. When planning on changing position, maybe have it specified in the signing transaction - ie "may switch from FS to SS".
2. Store the original position ( or history of position changes ). Have a penalty applied to performances that degrades over time but is increased by the number of position changes within a timeframe. So, performance penalty for changing from FS to SS would be X. Change back the next day it would be say 2 times Y. Would then take longer to degrade fully? I'd be tempted to caveat that though - during training / pre season camp period there's more than enough time to try things out to find the best position, so shouldn't necessarily be punished.
3. Depends upon position and depth. A RB may not want to go somewhere he's potentially a backup. A CB on the other hand, using your example Revis wouldn't mind Sherman as they could work opposite sides. If however there were 2 or 3 quality CBs there already...
