*Official* Season XIV Contract Thread

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

When in reality the salary cap means next to nothing and does nothing to even out the standard of league.

It's not meant to keep things even really. It's to prevent a team from getting too far ahead of others, which I think it manages to do thus far.

But even with a team like CW Blue. If I stayed they would have had no real problems fitting me under the salary cap. Even though I would have been the sixth contracted player. Even if Collins got a contract, which IMO he should have. With the current salary cap they probably would have fit us all in.

Largely because CW Blue lost a lot of players before last season and thus had a very inexperienced squad with several rookies and the odd cheap player.

There is a major issue with a salary that is designed to allow clubs to fit in only four contracted players, when up to seven contracted players can fit in with no real problems.

Consider how cheap the non-contracted players are at Blue as well as the banked points from last season (reflecting economical spending) and the winnings for the FC trophy (reflecting successful cricket).

Seemingly though that what majority of players want. Allow all the sides to keep all their players, regardless of any in balance in the league. If that is case then what is the point of having a salary cap based contract system. Just have a basic contract system that limits the number of player movements. Either have a cap that actually means something or don't bother.

Addressed earlier.

Also why if any club going to complain about player rating it should be Green. What is the deal with Rob Malone Jnr rating of A? Yeah he played pretty much every match, but so did his older version and was only given a rating of B.

Rob Malone Sr. was never as good as Rob Malone Jr. in FC cricket. It's a case of the rating being adjusted to reflect the value of the player, along with the the regularity of play. It's like Pete's rating being adjusted last season to reflect his immense value in the FC game. It would have been unfair to have Rob Malone Sr. as an A rating when he was extremely mediocre in one form of the game.

It is for this reason that Smith has a case when appealing for Stedman to be downgraded from A. But Stedman's quality in the short form (and his success in the longer form last season) means that he simply cannot be considered anything less than a B.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

CW Blue (Squad #: 14)
TJ Demeza [3 seasons/5 points] [cc]
SE Fuller [3/5] [sc]
AAA Collins [3/4]
PE Young [3/5] [cc]
LA Camps [3/4] [cc]
AJ Crampton [1/4] [cc]
MW DeSilva [3/4]
RGEWS Cribb [1/3]
R Williams [1/1]
GS Gooljar [1/1]
RF Bowen [1/3]
Manan Shah [2/2]
S Young [5/4]
G Sriram [5/4]

CW Black (Squad #: 13)
DP Smith (c) [3/5]
NS Pickup [3/5] [cc]
ZE Gelman [3/3]
KJ Gough [1/3] [cc]
DP Richards [3/4] [sc]
AP Cloete [1/5] [cc]
AP Chaulk [2/5] [cc]
NL Patrick [1/4]
AJ Blackman [3/4]
HT Davis [1/1]
GAJ Armstrong [1/3]
DG Speirs [1/1]
BC Donald [2/2]

CW Green (Squad #: 14)
AJ Garven [3/5]
PG Gundry [3/3]
AA Cameron [3/3]
DY Dubb-Lynch [3/4]
BC Cunningham [3/4]
XPA Rose [3/4] [sc]
A Lezama [3/4]
EAP McNamara [1/1]
JNE Forner [1/1]
M Corrin [4/4]
BS Read [1/3]
T Mamesh [3/5] [cc]
NG Scott [3/4]
CP Raftery [2/3]

CW Colts (Squad #: 13)
KS Wright (c) [3/5]
GM Thomas [3/4]
TV Weber [3/3]
DP Towns [3/4]
AS Das [1/3]
MW Wilson [2/5] [cc]
CR Butler [1/5] [cc]
NR Hancock [1/4]
T Bochat [1/1]
DK Rai [4/3]
J Griffen [1/1]
WA Kerr [4/3]
BC Fitzsimmons [2/2]
RG Dunn [2/2]

CW Red (Squad #: 14)
Håkon Mørk (c) [2/5] [cc]
DM Kennett [1/5] [sc]
DA Kearsley [2/5]
SA Bennett [1/4]
CR Dwyer [1/3]
DJ Watt [3/5]
RJ Dauth [3/5] [cc]
A Sharma [1/2]
SV Raghav [1/1]
ZJ Ritchie [1/1]
MU Amir [1/1]
JJD Heads [2/1]
JR Gray [2/3]
MD Luff [4/4]

Sophomores:
The incumbent club has the first option of signing.
JA Law [CW Colts incumbent] [returning?]
BC Fitzsimmons [CW Colts incumbent]
JJD Heads [CW Red incumbent]
G Sriram [CW Blue incumbent]
L Tyson [CW Blue incumbent]
S Young [CW Blue incumbent]
BJ Taylor [CW Blue incumbent]
S Reddy [CW Green incumbent]
R Malone [CW Green incumbent]
JP Gonzalez [CW Green incumbent]
CP Raftery [CW Green incumbent]

Players out of contract (including sophomores):
JE Stedman - A [CW Black incumbent]
GM Roberts - E [CW Black incumbent]
NA Borcich - C [CW Black incumbent]
RP Congdon - E [CW Black incumbent]
GN Nayak - E [CW Red incumbent]
KR Clapham - C [CW Red incumbent]
PR Sajith - E [CW Red incumbent]
CP Thompson - C [CW Red incumbent]
M Reddlapalli - C [CW Red incumbent]
GKK Dobson - B [CW Red incumbent]
MT Mitchell - D [CW Green incumbent]
R Malone - A [CW Green incumbent]
S Reddy - E [CW Green incumbent]
JP Gonzalez - E [CW Green incumbent]
L Tyson - C [CW Blue incumbent]
BJ Taylor - C [CW Blue incumbent]
MC Burridge - E [CW Blue incumbent]
LA Howgate - E [CW Colts incumbent] [in talks with CW Colts]
JA Law - B [CW Colts incumbent]
JP McNamara - C [CW Colts incumbent]
JB Malthus - C [free agent - released by Colts due to inactivity]
DW Pares - E [free agent - released by Colts due to inactivity]

Yet-to-Sign-In Contracts:
n/a

Retired/Banned:
S Jasotharan [3/4]
Kexing Su
TC Halsey [3/5]
AR Arnold [2/4]

Total Team Funds
The financial changes ahead of Season XIV are as follows:

1. The salary cap has been reduced from 64 to 60, after analysis of a financial report on Season XIII spending. This should still allow teams to sign a reasonable squad.
2. Banked points (ie, those remaining from last season's contracts) are considered as 20+banked = 5 Season XIV points, 15-19 = 4, 10-14 = 3, 5-9 = 2, 1-4 = 1.
3. Each title and trophy earns a team 2 points. Thus CW Black won 6 extra points last season, and CW Blue won 2.

Totals:

CW Colts - 60 + 4 = 64
CW Green - 60 + 5 = 65
CW Red - 60 + 2 = 62
CW Blue - 60 + 5 + 2 = 67
CW Black - 60 + 2 + 6 = 68

Remaining funds:

CW Colts - 64 - 49 = 19
Expenses: 49 contract points

CW Green - 65 - 48 = 17
Expenses: 48 contract points

CW Red - 62 - 42 = 17
Expenses: 46 contract points

CW Blue - 67 - 54 = 13
Expenses: 49 contract points + 5 points for CC option

CW Black - 68 - 58 = 18
Expenses: 49 contract points + 5 points for CC option

 

[Travis_Teh]

Liam, you need to add G Sriram to the Blue list.

Cheers for all the solid work, by the way.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Liam, you need to add G Sriram to the Blue list.

Cheers for all the solid work, by the way.

Ah, I missed his confirmation. Will add him now.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Yeah okay, I want Stedman to be a B.

 

[Mister Wright]

Should Fitzsimmons be on both the squad list and Sophomore list?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Should Fitzsimmons be on both the squad list and Sophomore list?

Sophomore list isn't the important one to look at. It's the "Players Out Of Contract" list to check.

 

[chaminda_00]

When players get released/retire do their points get added onto the team's overall points. As Black should be 18 with Arnold gone and Colts should be 23, right?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Colts already adjusted. Black adjusted now.

 

[Nate]

Btw, I'm back from my mini-vacation and I'm intent on responding to every relevant post in this thread tonight. Go me.

The effort is definately appreciated Calypso.

 

[cpr]

Would like to negotiate my contract offer from Greens down to 2 years, then I'll sign. Flattered by the interest shown elsewhere, but my loyalty has to lie with Green ATM. Would sign longer if i was guaranteed first team action, but alas i was in and out in my debut year, so want to see how i develop. If i find i've not secured my place in 2 years, dont want to be tied in for 3 longer. Shall be happy with 2, and happy to extend if i prove my worth.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Can a player appeal a rating? I don't reckon I should be a C.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Will consider it along with Stedman.

 

[steds]

There is no way that Stedman will be downgraded to a C. At best he will be downgraded to a C.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Illuminati conspiracy to make me look impotent.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Illuminati conspiracy to make me look impotent.

Your test results speak for themselves itbt.

 

[roseboy64]

Would like to negotiate my contract offer from Greens down to 2 years, then I'll sign. Flattered by the interest shown elsewhere, but my loyalty has to lie with Green ATM. Would sign longer if i was guaranteed first team action, but alas i was in and out in my debut year, so want to see how i develop. If i find i've not secured my place in 2 years, dont want to be tied in for 3 longer. Shall be happy with 2, and happy to extend if i prove my worth.

No prob. Understandable.

CW Green offer CP Raftery a 2 year contract.

 

[Nate]

Haha, CW froze when I tried to post about it. Gave up.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Your test results speak for themselves itbt.

I refused to pee on a stick tbh.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I refused to pee on a stick tbh.

You didn't refuse to pee on my car yesterday morning before ERUB training