Renegotiating contracts used to be a very simple process, but it is now completely broken, both old UI and new. Using the old process on each UI version, I keep getting the error "bonus may not exceed 75% of base", which never used to be an issue. I don't have a lot of time to dig and try to see why this is, but I can't get renegotiation to work right now.

I believe I have figured out what is happening. It is now being required that your bonus is not more than 75% of the first year base salary, whereas it has always been that the bonus can't be more than 75% of the first year total (bonus+base) salary. This makes contracts insanely more expensive, and I am sure can't be what was intended.

Ah, let me check that calculation. I didn't intend to change it.

Can you check to see if it behaves correctly now? The front end interface was not showing the warning but the server side validation was not calculating it correctly.

I just had the thought to try to submit the contract even though it is giving an error message, and it went through. So now, it seems to be working correctly outside of giving an erroneous error message. If you just ignore that, you can submit. When I get a chance a bit later, I will provide a detailed breakdown of the approach for resigning using the current version. Just a heads up for everyone, it requires a calculator and recording of numbers to remember (paper and pencil or otherwise).

Here is the process for getting the cheapest possible contract in the new UI:



1. Set the number of years you want to extend for.

2. Set both sliders all the way to the left (Note the amount of the minimum base salary, and after this point, don't touch either slider again).

3. You will see the message "This player will not renegotiate for a bonus less than $(total bonus)".

4. Take total bonus and divide by the number of years set in step 1, this is your per year bonus (write this down, ceiling rounding to the next dollar up in all division calculations).

5. Divide per year bonus by 0.75 (the decimal representing 75%, the maximum possible bonus, which results in the overall cheapest contract. You can adjust here for a smaller bonus percentage in certain situations), this is your first year total salary.

6. Take your first year total salary, and subtract your per year bonus to get your first year base salary (*If this number is smaller than the minimum first year base salary, stop and see below).

7. Enter your first year base salary manually in the "First Year Base + Bonus" box (not the first year base box below, but the box above the slider). This sets the base salary as desired for all years of the contract, since bonus is currently set to 0.

8. Enter your total bonus manually in the "Bonus" box above the slider.

9. Ignore the error message and submit.



* If you are here, Simply type the total bonus amount in the "Bonus" box, ignore the error message, and submit.



I wish I had a bit more time to double check some details, but this *should* be fully accurate.

Could it be the case it's not actually matching so random play called?

This is great for the in house players, do we know of any differences with free agency? If either the old or new UI allows for bigger max contracts could be a huge dealbreaker for fair competition…

Good question. I have been entirely focused on resigning, since our season is in its final stages right now. My focus will be shifting to FA soon enough, so I will do some exploring.

Why does it seem like you’ve defined a process not consistent with current resigning?